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Budapest Keleti station (, ; "eastern railway station") is the main international and
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in
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, Hungary. The station stands where Rákóczi Avenue splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Its name in 1891 originates not only from 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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by Gyula Rochlitz and
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and constructed between 1881 and 1884. The main façade is adorned with two statues depicting
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and
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. Inside the station are frescos by Karoly Lotz. Budapest Keleti has seven platforms serving thirteen tracks.


Services

the following services stop at Budapest Keleti: *
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: services to
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: services to and . *
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: services to , , , , , (via ), , , , , , , , and . * Overnight trains: ** ''Dacia–Corvin Express'': service between and . **
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''Kálmán Imre'': service to , , or
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Metro

Keleti pályaudvar metro station Keleti pályaudvar (Keleti Railway Station) is a transfer station on M2 and M4 lines of the Budapest Metro. The Line M2 station was opened on 2 April 1970 as part of the inaugural section of Line M2, between Deák Ferenc tér The Deák Fere ...
has been a station on the M2 (East-West) line of the
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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
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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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: *
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: 23, 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


In popular culture

The station is featured in the opening sequence of the
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film, '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. The railway station appeared briefly in the
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'' Black Widow''.


References


External links

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Station Overview Map
*More photos




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