Győr railway station () is the main

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Győr Győr ( , ; ; 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 region, and – halfwa ...

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. The station opened on 24 December 1855. The station is located on the main line between Vienna and Budapest (Line 1 Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway) and Line 8 Győr–Sopron railway, Line 10 Győr–Celldömölk railway and Line 11 Győr–Veszprém railway. The train services are operated by

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Station layout

Győr has one

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and three

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s serving seven tracks. Connecting buses stop north and south of the station.

Services

the following services stop at Győr: *

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: services between

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, , and . *

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: services between , Budapest Keleti, and . *

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: hourly service to and from Budapest Keleti; trains continue to , , , , or . * Overnight trains: ** ''Dacia–Corvin Express'': service between and . ** ''Kálmán Imre'': service between Budapest Keleti and , , or

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. *

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: service every two hours to . *

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: service every two hours to . *

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: service every hour to Sopron and two hours to , , and . * : service every hour to .

References

External links

* * Railway stations in Hungary opened in 1855 Ferenc Pfaff railway stations {{Hungary-railstation-stub