Lehel tér is a station on the

Budapest Metro The Budapest Metro (, ) is the rapid transit system in the Hungary, Hungarian capital Budapest. Opened in 1896, it is the world's second oldest electrified underground railway after the City and South London Railway of 1890, now part of the Lon ...

M3 line. It opened on 30 December 1981 with the third phase of the M3 rollout. It was the first phase to run northbound from Deák tér on the line. The station's name comes from the square under which it is located. Consequently, from 1981 to 1990, the station was called ''Élmunkás tér'', after which the square and the station changed to Lehel tér for the Hungarian chieftain

Lehel Lehel (; died 955), a member of the Árpád dynasty, was a Magyar chieftain and, together with Bulcsú, one of the most important figures of the Hungarian invasions of Europe. After the Magyar defeat at the Battle of Lechfeld, he was executed i ...

. The station was opened on 30 December 1981 as part of the extension of the line from Deák Ferenc tér. It was the temporary terminus of Line 3 between 1981 and 1984.András Koós - Tamás Szirmay - Jenő Tiborcz: A budapesti 3-as metróvonal új szakasza ("The new section of Budapest Metro Line 3"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 1, pp. 126-127, Budapest, 1991 On 7 November 1984, the line was extended to

Árpád híd Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or ''kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military leader or '' gy ...

Connections

*Bus: 15 *Trolleybus: 76 *Tram: 14

References

M3 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations in Hungary closed in 2022 Railway stations in Hungary opened in 1981 {{Hungary-railstation-stub