Kőbánya-Kispest is the southern terminus of the M3 Line (North-South line) of the

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. It is the only station of the line that is above ground. The station was opened on 20 April 1980 as part of the extension from Nagyvárad tér. The metro station is named after the train station next to the terminal, which lies on the border of the districts

Kőbánya Kőbánya (, , ) is the 10th district of Budapest () and one of the largest by territory. It is located in southeast Pest (city), Pest, easily accessible from the downtown by Budapest Metro, Metro 3, whose Terminal station, terminus is named ' ...

and Kispest. It is also a suburban bus terminal and a changing place of several city bus lines (68, 85, 85E, 93, 93A, 98, 98E, 136E, 148, 151, 182, 184, 193E, 200E - this run from here to

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, 201E, 202E, 282E, 284E), making it the largest public

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in Southern-Pest.

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sometimes call this station ''Köki'', which is short for Kőbánya-Kispest. Next to the station, there is a huge housing estate with concrete block of flats ( Kispest

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) and a

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, named ''Köki Terminál''. A bust of

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is placed next to the shopping mall.

Connections

*Bus: 68, 85, 85E, 93, 93A, 98, 98E, 132E, 136, 148, 151, 182, 182A, 184, 193E, 200E, 202E, 268, 282E, 284E *Regional bus: 575, 576, 577, 578, 580, 581

References

*Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, M3 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations in Hungary opened in 1980 Transit centers in Hungary Kőbánya Kispest {{Hungary-railstation-stub