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Budapest Metro
Top: Örs vezér tere, terminus of metro line M2 Bottom: Metro line M4, a driverless metro line with real-time PIDS system at Kálvin tér, transfer station to metro line M3
Overview
Native name
Budapesti metró
Owner
Capital City of Budapest
Locale
Budapest, Hungary
Transit type
Rapid transit
Number of lines
4
Number of stations
48
Daily ridership
1.27 million (2009)[1]
Annual ridership
382.6 million (2023)[2]
Website
BKK Public Transport
Operation
Began operation
2 May 1896; 127 years ago (1896-05-02)
Operator(s)
Centre for Budapest Transport Budapest Transport Ltd. (BKV)
Technical
System length
39.4 km (24.5 mi)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)
Top speed
80 km/h (50 mph)[3]
System map
Legend
Újpest-Központ
Újpest-Városkapu
Gyöngyösi utca
Forgách utca
Göncz Árpád Városközpont
Dózsa György út
Mexikói út
Lehel tér
Széchényi fürdő
Nyugati pályaudvar
Hősök tere
Arany János utca
Bajza utca
Kodály körönd
Déli pályaudvar
Vörösmarty utca
Széll Kálmán tér
Oktogon
Batthyány tér
Opera
Kossuth Lajos tér
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út
Deák Ferenc tér
Vörösmarty tér
Astoria
Ferenciek tere
Blaha Lujza tér
Keleti pályaudvar
II. János Pál pápa tér
Puskás Ferenc Stadion
Rákóczi tér
Pillangó utca
Kálvin tér
Örs vezér tere
Fővám tér
Szent Gellért tér
Corvin-negyed
Móricz Zsigmond körtér
Klinikák
Újbuda-központ
Nagyvárad tér
Bikás park
Népliget
Kelenföld vasútállomás
Ecseri út
Pöttyös utca
Határ út
Kőbánya–Kispest
Up and down correspond roughly to north and south, respectively
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The Budapest Metro (Hungarian: Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit system in the 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 a part of London Underground, and the third oldest underground railway with multiple stations, after the originally steam-powered Metropolitan Railway, now a part of London Underground (1863), and the Mersey Railway, now part of Merseyrail in Liverpool (1886).[4]
Budapest's first line, Line 1, was completed in 1896.[5][6] The M1 line became an IEEE Milestone due to the radically new innovations in its era: "Among the railway's innovative elements were bidirectional tram cars; electric lighting in the subway stations and tram cars; and an overhead wire structure instead of a third-rail system for power."[7] In 2002, the M1 line was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8]
^Mátyás Jangel (September 2010). "Közszolgáltatási szerződés, utasjogok, a szolgáltatástervezés és ellenőrzés folyamata a kötöttpályás helyi- és elővárosi közforgalmú közlekedésben" [Public service contract, passenger rights, service planning and monitoring process of local and suburban public transport rail] (in Hungarian). BKV Zrt. Közlekedési Igazgatóság [Directorate of Public Office. Transport]. pp. 10 (and 3). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-04-19. Metro usage per day – Line 1: 120,000; Line 2: 405,000; Line 3: 630,000. (Line 4 began operations in 2014, with a 110,000 ridership estimated by Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) based on the latest year.)
^"Urban passenger traffic in Hungary and Budapest by mode of transport". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
^"Siemens.com Budapest Line 4". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^Jennifer Walker (19 December 2018). "Budapest M1: Inside continental Europe's oldest metro network". CNN. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
^"World Heritage Committee Inscribes 9 New Sites on the World Heritage List". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on November 28, 2009.
^"Our thematic route with... - Sightseeing along the line of Millennium Underground Railway". BKV Zrt. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
^Budapest's Electric Underground Railway Is Still Running After More Than 120 Years [1]
^UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "UNESCO World Heritage Centre – World Heritage Committee Inscribes 9 New Sites on the World Heritage List". whc.unesco.org. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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