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Budapest Keleti (Eastern) station ( hu, Keleti pályaudvar) is the main international and
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in
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, Hungary. The station stands where
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splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Keleti pályaudvar translates to ''Eastern Railway Terminus''. Its name in 1891 originates not only for its position as the easternmost of the city's rail termini, but for its original role as a terminus of the lines from eastern Hungary including
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, and the
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. In contrast, the Nyugati (''western'') railway station used to serve lines toward Vienna and Paris.


Architecture

The building was designed in
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and
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and constructed between 1881 and 1884. The main façade is adorned with two statues depicting
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George Stephenson George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians a great example of diligent application and thirst for ...
. Inside the station are frescos by Karoly Lotz.


Train connections

The following trains call at this station: I. International services: *
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trains **Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf **Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg –
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**Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – Innsbruck –
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*
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trains – EC **('' Lehár'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Tatabánya – Győr – Wien Westbf *
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trains – EN **(''Kálmán Imre'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg –
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**(''Metropol'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Bratislava – Brno – Prague **(''Ister'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Sibiu – Brasov – București Nord *Int. InterCity trains – IC **(''Rába'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Szombathely –
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**(''Rippl-Rónai'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Dombóvár – Kaposvár – Koprivnica – Zagreb Glavni Kol. **(''Hernád, Rákóczi'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Miskolc –
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**(''Corona, Hargita'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Püspökladány – Oradea – Cluj Napoca – Miercurea Ciuc – Brasov **(''Körös'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Timişoara Nord **(''Transsylvania'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Sibiu – Brasov **(''Traianus'') Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Timişoara - Drobeta Tr.Severin – Craiova – București Nord *Int. Express trains **(''Dacia'') Wien Westbf – Győr – Tatabánya – Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Brasov – București Nord **(''Beograd'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Kiskunhalas – Subotica – Novi Sad – Belgrade II. Inland *Intercity trains – IC **(''Borostyánkő-Tűztorony, Claudius-Volt Fesztivál, Savaris-Scarbantia, Alpokalja-Kékfrankos, Répce-Sopron Bank'')
Bp-Keleti pu. – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Csorna / Répcelak – Szombathely / Sopron **(''Baranya, Dráva, Mecsek, PTE, Sopianae, Tenkes, Tettye, Tubes, Zengő'')
Bp-Keleti pu. – Kelenföld – Sárbogárd – Pincehely – Dombóvár – Sásd – Szentlőric – Pécs **(''Abaúj, Borsod, Hámor, Lillafüred, Sajó, Szinva'')
Bp-Keleti pu. – Füzesabony – Miskolc-Tiszai **(''Dália, Jázmin, Kamilla, Rózsa'')
Bp-Keleti pu. – Füzesabony – Miskolc-Tiszai – Szerencs – Tokaj – Nyíregyháza **(''Tokaj, Tulipán'')
Bp-Keleti pu. – Füzesabony – Miskolc-Tiszai – Szerencs – Tokaj – Nyíregyháza – Debrecen **(''Alföld, Békés, Csanád, Viharsarok'')
Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Mezőtúr – Gyoma – Mezőberény – Békéscsaba – Kétegyháza – Lőkösháza


Metro

Keleti pályaudvar metro station has been a station on the M2 (East-West) line of the
Budapest Metro The Budapest Metro ( hu, Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the world's oldest electrified underground railway system, and the second oldest underground railway system with multiple stations, ...
since the line opened in 1970. The metro station is underground and in length with the platform . In March 2014, Line 4 opened making Keleti a transfer point between the two Metro lines.


Airport

A planned fast train service would connect the station with
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. Since 36 of 53
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services to Budapest operate from this railway station, it seems highly probable that this plan will materialize.


Baross tér redevelopment

The facade of Budapest Keleti faces onto a large three-sided plaza called Baross tér. In 2005, work began to construct a pedestrian concourse and exits to allow better access between the Keleti pályaudvar Station on Budapest Metro Line 4 and long-distance train facilities. The statue of
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, for whom the square is named, was returned to its location in December 2013 and work completed in March 2014.


Public transport

Budapest Keleti railway station is located in the eighth district of
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, Hungary. *
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: 24 *Trolleybus: 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 80A *Bus: 5, 7, 7E, 8E, 20E, 30, 30A, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 230 *Nocturnal lines: 907, 908, 931, 956, 973, 990


Distance from other railway stations


Hungary

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Tatabánya Tatabánya (; german: Totiserkolonie; sk, Banská Stará) is a City with county rights, city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. L ...
: 73 km *
Győr Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia ...
: 140 km *
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 ...
HU-AT: 187 km (to
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) *
Pécs Pécs ( , ; hr, Pečuh; german: Fünfkirchen, ; also known by other #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the countr ...
: 237 km *
Hatvan Hatvan is a town in Heves county, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". Etymology Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a common urban legend that the town got this name because it is 60 km from Budapest, but in fact the na ...
: 67 km *
Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque build ...
: 140 km *
Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...
: 182 km *
Hidasnémeti Hidasnémeti is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. HU-SK: 244 km (to
Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...
) *
Sátoraljaújhely Sátoraljaújhely (; archaic german: Neustadt am Zeltberg ; sk, Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom; yi, איהעל, Ihel, or ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary along the Slovak border. It is east from the county ...
: 266 km *
Szolnok Szolnok (; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, wh ...
: 100 km *
Békéscsaba Békéscsaba (; sk, Békešská Čaba; see also #Name, other alternative names) is a City with county rights, city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian ...
: 196 km *
Lőkösháza Lőkösháza () is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southeast Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1804 (2015). An important railway line crosses the Hungarian-Romanian border here (t ...
HU-RO: 225 km (to Arad)


Europe

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Berlin Hbf Berlin Hauptbahnhof () (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, ...
: 1026 km * București Nord: 854 km *
Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...
: 399 km *
München Hbf Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
: 740 km * Praha hl.n: 611 km * Timișoara Nord: 310 km * Wien Hbf: 254 km * Belgrade Centre: 350 km * Zagreb Glavni Kol.: 377 km *
Zürich Hb , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...
: 1068 km


In popular culture

The station is featured in the opening sequence of the
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
film, '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. The railway station appeared briefly in the
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
Marvel Cinematic Universe The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by ...
film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
'' Black Widow''.


Gallery

Image:Budapest keleti historic.jpg, The station around 1900 File:Img4445.jpg, Thököly Avenue entrance to Lotz Hall Image:Keleti old ticket hall.JPG, The old ticket hall File:Img5554.jpg, Lotz Hall entry to main shed File:Kerepesi út, a Keleti pályaudvar érkezési oldala. Fortepan 3268.jpg, Keleti railway station after the
Battle of Budapest The Siege of Budapest or Battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budap ...
, 1945 Image:Keleti station budapest dec 2008 benecke.jpg, Baross tér Construction in December 2008 File:Budapest East Station 2.jpg, Train shed looking toward Baross tér Image:Keletigegen1civertan.jpg, Overhead view looking west File:Keleti fények ....jpg, Eastern lights (7th prize photo on Wiki Loves Monuments 2013) File:KeletiPuFotoThalerTamas.JPG, Looking west into the main hall


References


External links

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Station Overview Map
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(3)(4)Virtual tour outside stationAerial photographs of the Station
{{authority control Keleti Railway stations opened in 1884 1884 establishments in Hungary