The Budapest Metro 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).
The Deák Ferenc square, named for Ferenc Deák, is a major intersection and transport junction in Budapest. Károly körút, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Király utca, Deák Ferenc utca, and Harmincad utca converge here. Three lines of the Budapest Metro each converge on the station under the square.
Határ út is a station on the M3 (North-South) line of the Budapest Metro. Near the station, there are several tram and bus terminus, and a shopping centre. Határ út station named after the adjacent street Határ út, which literally means "(City) Border Street". Before the formation of Greater Budapest it was the border of Budapest Capital. The station was opened on 20 April 1980 as part of the extension from Nagyvárad tér to Kőbánya-Kispest.
Pöttyös utca is a station on the M3 (North-South) Line of the Budapest Metro. Next to the station, there is a huge socialist housing estate (microraion), which named after Attila József. The station was opened on 20 April 1980 as part of the extension from Nagyvárad tér to Kőbánya-Kispest.
Ecseri út is a station on the M3 (North-South) line of the Budapest Metro. Next to the station there are the northern blocks of Attila József microraion. The station is named after the adjacent street Ecseri út. The station was opened on 20 April 1980 as part of the extension from Nagyvárad tér to Kőbánya-Kispest.
Nagyvárad tér is a station on the M3 (blue) line of the Budapest Metro. The area around the station is home to several hospitals and the Semmelweis University medical school. The station is named after the adjacent square Nagyvárad tér, which named after the former Hungarian city of Nagyvárad.
Semmelweis Klinikák (Clinics) is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro. It opened on December 31, 1976, as one of the initial six stations of the line, between Deák Ferenc tér and Nagyvárad tér.
Corvin-negyed is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro. The station opened on 31 December 1976 as one of six stations in the initial phase of construction, between Deák Ferenc tér and Nagyvárad tér. From its opening until 2011, the station was named Ferenc körút after its section of the Grand Boulevard. In 2011, the Corvinus Quarter (Corvin-negyed) was established as a residential and commercial redevelopment area. The city renamed the station after the new district as part of several name changes to metro stations that year.
Arany János utca is a station on the M3 (North-South) line of the Budapest Metro. It is located in District V under Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street. Its single vestibule stands in Podmaniczky Frigyes Square. The station was opened on 30 December 1981 as part of the extension of the line from Deák Ferenc tér to Lehel tér.
Dózsa György út is a station on the Budapest Metro Line 3 (North-South). It is located beneath Váci Avenue at its intersection with the eponymous street Dózsa György út. The station was opened on 7 November 1984 as part of the extension from Lehel tér to Árpád híd.
Kálvin tér is a transfer station on the M3 and the M4 lines of the Budapest Metro. It is located beneath the eponymous square, named after John Calvin. The Line 3 station was opened on 31 December 1976 as part of the inaugural section of Line M3 between Deák Ferenc tér and Nagyvárad tér. The Line M4 station was opened on 28 March 2014 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Keleti pályaudvar to Kelenföld vasútállomás.
Ferenciek tere is a station on the M3 (North-South) line of the Budapest Metro located under the eponymous square in the Downtown. It is an important junction, as several bus lines from Buda pass through or terminate here. It is also the station closest to the geographical city centre of Budapest. The station's name was Felszabadulás tér before 1990.
Deák Ferenc tér is a transfer station on the M1, M2, and M3 lines of the Budapest Metro. It is located under Deák Ferenc square in central Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Owing to its direct transfer connection between three out of the four metro lines Budapest has and its downtown location, it is one of the busiest stations in the system.
Nyugati pályaudvar is a station on the M3 (North-South) line of the Budapest Metro. It is nominally located on the borders of District V, District VI and District XIII, the station itself is under Váci Road at between its intersections with Grand Boulevard and Katona József Street. The station was opened on 30 December 1981 as part of the extension of the line from Deák Ferenc tér to Lehel tér. Its name was Marx tér before 1990.
Göncz Árpád városközpont is a station on the Budapest Metro Line 3 (North-South). It was the temporary terminus of Line 3 between 1984 and 1990.
Line 2 is the second line of the Budapest Metro. The line runs east from Déli pályaudvar in north-central Buda under the Danube to the city center, from where it continues east following the route of Rákóczi út to its terminus at Örs vezér tere.
Line M3 is the third and longest line of the Budapest Metro. It runs in a general north-south direction parallel to the Danube on the Pest side, roughly following Váci út south from Újpest to the city center, then following the route of Üllői út southeast to Kőbánya-Kispest. Its daily ridership is estimated at 500,000. Like metro line M1, it does not serve Buda.
Line 1 is the oldest line of the Budapest Metro, it was built from 1894 to 1896. It is known locally as "the small underground", while the M2, M3 and M4 are called "metró". It was the first underground on the European mainland, and the world's second oldest underground after the London Underground. It was finished by April 1896 and was inaugurated by the emperor of Austria-Hungary, Franz Joseph on 3 May 1891.
The tram network of Budapest is part of the mass transit system of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Tram lines serve as the second-most important backbone of the transit system after the bus network, carrying almost 100 million more passengers annually than the Budapest Metro. In operation since 1866, the Budapest tram network is among the world's largest tram networks by route length—operating on 174 kilometres (108 mi) of total route—and is the busiest in the world.
