Q841167
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main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary
Key facts
- Location
- Kerepesi út 2-4, 1087 Budapest, Hungary
- Elevation
- 116 metres (381 ft)
- Owned by
- Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
- Lines
- Budapest–Hegyeshalom Budapest–Hatvan [ hu ] Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok Budapest–Kunszentmiklós-Tass–Kelebia [ hu ]
- Connections
- Metro: , Tram: 23, 24
- Architect
- Gyula Rochlitz
- Iata code
- XXQ
- Website
- www .mavcsoport .hu /mav-start /belfoldi-utazas /vasutallomas /budapest-keleti
- Opened
- 16 August 1884 ; 141 years ago ( 1884-08-16 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dead-end railway station
- Part of
- rail transport in Hungary
- Country
- Hungary
- Located in
- Budapest
- Elevation
- 116
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Image
- 14-05-06-budapest-RalfR-11.jpg
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- Commons category
- Budapest-Keleti pályaudvar
- has facility
- railroad police
- Commons gallery
- Eastern Railway Station (Budapest)
- adjacent station
- Q1000474
- date of official opening
- 1884-07-15
- architect
- János Feketeházy
- architectural style
- eclectic architecture
- number of platform tracks
- 13
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
- native label
- Keleti pályaudvar
- station code
- SU
- inception
- 1884-00-00
- number of platform faces
- 13
- street address
- Kerepesi út 2-4.
- patronage
- 10490000
- connecting line
- Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway line
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Encyclopedic overview
The inscription "Keleti Pályaudvar" visible on the main facade in Hungarian means "Eastern Station". Budapest Keleti station (Hungarian: Keleti pályaudvar, pronounced [ˈkɛlɛti ˈpaːjɒudvɒr]; "eastern railway station") is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary.
The station stands where Rákóczi Avenue splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Its name in 1891 originates not only from 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.
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