Budapest Keleti station

Budapest Keleti station
*Keleti pályaudvar* (Hungarian)
Budapest Keleti station; Keleti pályaudvar (Hungarian)
	Budapest Keleti viewed from the west
General information
Location	Kerepesi út 2-4; 1087 Budapest; Hungary
Coordinates	47°30′01″N 19°05′02″E / 47.50028°N 19.08389°ECoordinates: 47°30′01″N 19°05′02″E / 47.50028°N 19.08389°E
Owned by	Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
Line(s)	1 Bp.Keleti pu. – Hegyeshalom; 80 Bp.Keleti pu. – Sátoraljaújhely; 120 Bp.Keleti pu. – Lőkösháza; 150 Bp.Keleti pu. – Kelebia
Platforms	18
Connections	Metro: ; Tram: 24
Construction
Architect	Gyula Rochlitz
History
Opened	16 August 1884; 137 years ago
Location
	Keleti pályaudvar Location within Budapest

Keleti Terminal in 1912

Budapest Keleti (Eastern) station (Hungarian: Keleti pályaudvar) is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary.

The station stands where Rákóczi út 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 Transylvania, and the Balkans. In contrast, the Nyugati (western) railway station used to serve lines toward Vienna and Paris.

Architecture[]

The building was designed in eclectic style by Gyula Rochlitz and and constructed between 1881 and 1884. The main façade is adorned with two statues depicting James Watt and George Stephenson. Inside the station are frescos by Karoly Lotz.^[1]

Train connections[]

The following trains call at this station:

Keleti Station and Baross Square in 1985

I. International services:

Railjet trains
- Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg Hbf
- Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – München Hbf
- Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – Innsbruck – Zürich Hb
EuroCity trains – EC
- (Lehár) Bp-Keleti pu. – Tatabánya – Győr – Wien Westbf
EuroNight trains – EN
- (Kálmán Imre) Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – München Hbf
- (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 – Graz Hbf
- (Rippl-Rónai) Bp-Keleti pu. – Dombóvár – Kaposvár – Koprivnica – Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- (Hernád, Rákóczi) Bp-Keleti pu. – Miskolc – Košice
- (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
- Austrian ÖBB Railjet opererates every 2 hours on the Budapest-Vienna-Munich Line
  (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

Preceding station	MÁV START	Following station
Budapest-Kelenföld toward Zürich HB	Railjet	Terminus
Budapest-Kelenföld toward München Hbf	Railjet	Terminus
toward Hamburg Hbf	EuroCity	Terminus
Budapest-Kelenföld toward Ljubljana	EuroCity	Terminus
toward Prague hl.n	EuroNight	Terminus
Budapest-Kelenföld toward Wien Hbf	EuroNight	Szolnok toward Bucharest
Budapest-Kelenföld toward Zürich HB	EuroNight	Terminus
Budapest-Kelenföld toward München Hbf	EuroNight	Terminus
Terminus	InterCity	Szolnok toward Brașov
Terminus	InterCity	Szolnok toward Timișoara Nord
Terminus	InterCity	toward Belgrade
Budapest-Kelenföld toward Zagreb Glavni kolodvor	InterCity	Terminus

Metro[]

Keleti pályaudvar has been a station on the M2 (East-West) line of the Budapest Metro since the line opened in 1970. The metro station is 14 metres (46 ft) underground and 193 metres (633 ft) in length with the platform 180 metres (590 ft). In March 2014, Line 4 opened making Keleti a transfer point between the two Metro lines.^[2]

Airport[]

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

Baross tér redevelopment[]

Since it faces due east, at the Vernal equinox, the sun rises and lights the train shed

The facade of Budapest Keleti faces onto a large three-sided plaza called . 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 Gábor Baross, for whom the square is named, was returned to its location in December 2013 and work completed in March 2014.^[3]