M1 motorway (Hungary)

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M1 motorway
M1-es autópálya
in use other highways
Route information
Part of E60 / E65 / E75
Length	171 km (106 mi)
Existed	1964–present
History	Completed: 1996
Major junctions
From	Budapest
Major intersections	M7 near Budaörs M0 near Biatorbágy near Zsámbék 13 near Komárom M19, 813, , , , M85 near Győr in Mosonmagyaróvár M15 near Lébény
To	Hegyeshalom A4 border with  Austria
Location
Counties	Pest, Fejér, Komárom-Esztergom, Győr-Moson-Sopron
Major cities	Budapest, Tatabánya, Tata, Győr, Mosonmagyaróvár
Highway system
Roads in Hungary Highways Main roads Local roads

Junction near Budapest

The motorway between Vértes and Gerecse Mountains

Road near Tatabánya-Óváros

Near Kisigmánd

Near Győr-nyugat (M85 interchange)

Hungarian-Austrian border

The M1 motorway (Hungarian: M1-es autópálya) is a toll motorway in northwestern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Győr and Vienna. The first section of the motorway opened in the 1970s, reaching the Austrian border at Hegyeshalom in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 1 one-lane highway.

Openings timeline[]

• Budapest – Budaörs (7 and 12 km): 1964 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x3 lane in 1978-79)
• Budaörs – Budakeszi (4 km): 1981 - half profile; (this section was extended in 1986)
• Budakeszi – Zsámbék (9 km): 1986
• Zsámbék – Bicske (13 km): 1985
• Bicske – Tatabánya-north (28 km): 1982
• Tatabánya-north – Komárom (20 km): 1975 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990)
• Komárom – Győr-east (19 km): 1977 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990)
• Győr-east – Győr-Ménfőcsanak (8 km): 1994
• Győr-Ménfőcsanak – Győr-west (14 km): 1994
• Győr-west – Hegyeshalom-east (42 km): 1996
• Hegyeshalom-east – Border station of Austria (6 km): 1982^[1] - half profile; this section operated as part of road 1 until 1996

List of junctions, exits and rest area[]

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Distance from Zero Kilometre Stone (Adam Clark Square) in Budapest in kilometres.

• The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).

km		Destinations	Route	Notes
6		Budapest, Budaörsi út		Connection to Budapest via Budaörsi út. The road has commons section as M7 motorway, Main road and . The eastern terminus of the motorway
7		Budaörs		Connection to the City of Budapest via Egér út and Budaörs.
9		Budaörs		Drive only towards Budapest. Shopping centers
10		Budaörs-kelet		Eastern connection to Budaörs via Garibaldi utca.
		Budaörsi pihenőhely		Rest area: MOL / MOL +
11		Budaörs-nyugat		Western connection to Budaörs. Shopping centers
12		M1-M7 intersection	M7	Connection to M7 motorway towards to  Croatia via Székesfehérvár, Lake Balaton, Nagykanizsa
14		Törökbálint, Budakeszi		Connection to Nagytétény or Hűvösvölgy
15		Tópark		Premier Outlet Center
16		M1-M0 interchange ()	M0 E60 E75	Connection to Székesfehérvár, Pécs, Szeged, Budapest International Airport, Szolnok, Nyíregyháza, Vác. The eastern terminus of European routes E60/E75 concurrency
17		Biatorbágy		Drive only towards Budapest. Connection to eastern part Biatorbágy
22		Biatorbágy, Páty		Connection to western part of Biatorbágy and Business park
		Sasfészek-tó pihenőhely		Rest area: MOL / MOL +
27		Zsámbék, Herceghalom		Connection to Pilisjászfalu
28		Zsámbéki pihenőhely		Rest area: MOL / MOL +
Border of Pest and Fejér Counties
39		Óbarok-Nagyegyháza, Bicske
43		Óbarok pihenőhely		Rest area: OMV / OMV +
		Óbarok-Nagyegyháza		Not marked with a traffic sign
		Szárliget
Border of Fejér and Komárom-Esztergom Counties
54		Harkályos pihenőhely		Rest area:
56		Tatabánya-Óváros		Connection to Óváros part of Tatabánya
57		Turul pihenőhely		Rest area:
61		Tatabánya-Centrum		Connection to Downtown of Tatabánya
64		Remeteségi pihenőhely		Rest area: Shell / Shell +
		Tata-Remeteségpuszta		Not marked with a traffic sign
67		Tata, Környe		Connection to Csákvár
72		Grébics pihenőhely		Rest area:
83		Igmánd pihenőhely		Rest area:
85		Komárom, Kisbér	13
94		Ács, Bana, Bábolna
		Concó pihenőhely		Rest area: OMV / OMV +
Border of Komárom-Esztergom and Győr-Moson-Sopron Counties
101		Nagyszentjános, Bőny
107		Győr-kelet	M19	Access route of Győr. Eastern connection to the city
112			813	Eastern bypass to Győr toward Vámosszabadi, Audi factory
115		Győr-iparterület		Connection to Industrial area of Győr and Kisbér, Székesfehérvár
119		Győr-Szabadhegy		Connection to Szabadhegy district of Győr and Pannonhalma, Veszprém
		Arrabona pihenőhely		Rest area: MOL / OMV +
123		Győr-Ménfőcsanak		Connection to Ménfőcsanak district of Győr and Pápa
		Rába (Bridge - 355 m)
129		Győr-nyugat, Csorna	M85	Western connection to Szeged, towards to  Austria via Sopron and Szombathely
135		Börcs pihenő		Rest area:
142		Lébény, Mecsér
144		Lébény pihenő		Rest area:
150		Hanság pihenő		Rest area:
158		Lajta pihenőhely		Rest area:
160		Mosonmagyaróvár, Szombathely	E65	The eastern terminus of European routes E65
162		Mosoni pihenőhely		Rest area: MOL / MOL +
166		M1-M15 interchange	M15 E65 E75	Connection to M15 motorway, towards to  Slovakia The western terminus of European routes E65/E75
168		Hegyeshalom-kelet		Eastern connection to Hegyeshalom
171		Hegyeshalom
172		Hegyeshalom (H) – Nickelsdorf (A) border crossing
Ost Autobahn → to Vienna, Austria

Maintenance[]

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by these highway engineers.

• near Bicske, kilometre trench 38
• near Komárom, kilometre trench 85
• near Lébény, kilometre trench 142

Payment[]

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica); with a validity of either 10 days (3500 HUF), 1 month (4780 HUF) or 1 year (42980 HUF).^[2]

2, county vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

Type of county vignette	Available section
Pest County	between Egér Street junction and Bicske (7 km – 39 km)
Fejér County	between Herceghalom and Tatabánya-Óváros (27 km – 56 km)
Komárom-Esztergom County	between Bicske and (39 km – 112 km)
Győr-Moson-Sopron County	between Bábolna and Hegyeshalom [state border] (94 km – 172 km)

Toll-free section[]

• From Border of Budapest to Egér Street section (5 km – 7 km) can be used free of charge.

European Route(s)[]

Name	Route
	155 km	Ost Autobahn – junction (16)
	150 km	junction (166) – junction (16)
	6 km	junction (166) – Mosonmagyaróvár (160)

See also[]

• Roads in Hungary
• Transport in Hungary
• International E-road network

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Autópálya M1.

• National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English)
• Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.)
• National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.