The M1 motorway ( hu, M1-es autópálya) is a toll motorway in northwestern

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

, connecting

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

Győr Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia region, and – halfway between Budapest and Vienna – situated on one of ...

and

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

. The first section of the motorway opened in the 1970s, reaching the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n border at

Hegyeshalom Hegyeshalom (; german: Straß-Sommerein) is a village of approximately 3600 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary, on the border with Austria and less than 15 km from the border with Slovakia. History A charter given by Andrew I ...

in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 1 one-lane highway.

Openings timeline

–

Budaörs Budaörs (; german: Wudersch; hr, Jerša, or ; la, Vicus Teuto) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. Location A suburb of Budapest, the town lies among the Buda and Csiki hills and the Tétény plateau in the Buda ...

(7 and 12 km): 1964 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended 2x3 lane in 1978-79) *Budaörs –

Budakeszi Budakeszi (german: Wudigess or ) is a town in Pest County, in the Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is located beyond the János Hill at the western city limits of Budapest, about west of the Zero Kilometre Stone in the city centre. A popu ...

(4 km): 1981 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended in 1986) *Budakeszi –

Zsámbék Zsámbék (german: Schambeck) is a town in Pest County, Hungary. Location Zsámbék is located 30 km west of Budapest along the M1 motorway in the Gerecse Mountains. Its neighbouring villages are Tök, Perbál, Páty, Herceghalom, Mán ...

(9 km): 1986 *Zsámbék –

Bicske Bicske (; la, Lusomana or ) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. Its name is also spelled ''Bykche'', ''Biccke'', ''Bykcze'', ''Biczke'', and ''Bitske''. It is around west of Budapest. Its administration has undergone many changes; it has been ...

(13 km): 1985 *Bicske –

Tatabánya Tatabánya (; german: Totiserkolonie; sk, Banská Stará) is a city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. Location The city is lo ...

-north (28 km): 1982 *Tatabánya-north –

Komárom Komárom (Hungarian: ; german: Komorn; la, Brigetio, later ; sk, Komárno) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárno, Slovakia, is on the northern bank. Komárom was formerly a separate villag ...

(20 km): 1975 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990) *Komárom –

-east (19 km): 1977 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990) *Győr-east – Győr-Ménfőcsanak (8 km): 1994 *Győr-Ménfőcsanak – Győr-west (14 km): 1994 *Győr-west –

-east (42 km): 1996 *Hegyeshalom-east – Border station of Austria (6 km): 1982 - ''half profile''; this section operated as part of road 1 until 1996

List of junctions, exits and rest area

Distance from

Zero Kilometre Stone The Zero Kilometre Stone is a 3 m high limestone sculpture in Budapest that represents Kilometre Zero in Hungary. It consists of a zero sign, with an inscription on its pedestal reading "KM" for kilometres. It was initially located at the thresho ...

(Adam Clark Square) in Budapest in kilometres. * Hungary road sign E-016

The route is full length ''motorway''. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with 2 active lanes and 1 emergency

(2x2 lane road with stop lane).

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by these highway engineers. * near

, kilometre trench 38 * near

, kilometre trench 85 * near Lébény, kilometre trench 142

Payment

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary: 1, ''time-based fee'' vignettes (E-matrica); with a validity of either 10 days (3500 HUF), 1 month (4780 HUF) or 1 year (42980 HUF). 2, ''county'' vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers: :

Toll-free section

*From Border of

to Egér Street section (5 km – 7 km) can be used free of charge.

European Route(s)

References

External links

National Toll Payment Services Plc.
(in Hungarian, some information also in English)
Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.)

National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.
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