Lehel tér is a station on the Budapest Metro M3 line. It opened on 30 December 1981 with the third phase of the M3 rollout. It was the first phase to run northbound from Deák tér on the line. The station's name comes from the square under which it is located. Consequently, from 1981 to 1990, the station was called ''Élmunkás tér'', after which the square and the station changed to Lehel tér for the Hungarian chieftain Lehel. The station was opened on 30 December 1981 as part of the extension of the line from

Deák Ferenc tér The Deák Ferenc square (''Deák Ferenc tér''), named for Ferenc Deák, is a major intersection and transport junction in Budapest. Károly körút, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Király utca, Deák Ferenc utca, and Harmincad utca converge here. Three ...

. It was the temporary terminus of Line 3 between 1981 and 1984.András Koós - Tamás Szirmay - Jenő Tiborcz: A budapesti 3-as metróvonal új szakasza ("The new section of Budapest Metro Line 3"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 1, pp. 126-127, Budapest, 1991 On 7 November 1984, the line was extended to Árpád híd.

Connections

*Bus: 15 *Trolleybus: 76 *Tram: 14

References

M3 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1981 {{Hungary-railstation-stub