Nagyvárad tér is a station on the M3 (blue) line of the

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. The area around the station is home to several

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s and the

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medical school. The station is named after the adjacent square Nagyvárad tér, which named after the former Hungarian city of

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(now, Oradea, Romania). The station was opened on 31 December 1976 as the southern terminus of the inaugural section of Line M3 between Deák Ferenc tér and Nagyvárad tér. On 20 April 1980 the line was extended to Kőbánya-Kispest.

Connections

*Bus: 281 *Tram: 23, 24

References

*Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, M3 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations in Hungary closed in 2022 Railway stations in Hungary opened in 1976 {{Hungary-railstation-stub