Line 3 (Budapest Metro)

Line 3
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Budapest Metro
Status	Operational
Termini	Kőbánya-Kispest ; Újpest-Központ
Stations	20
Line number	Line 3 ("Blue metro")
Operation
Opened	December 31, 1976
Operator(s)	BKV
Technical
Line length	16.5 km (10 mi) [1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	825 V DC
Operating speed	80 km/h [2]
Route map

Last updated April 18, 2019

Metro 3

Legend

Detailed track map

0

31

Újpest–Központ

1

29

Újpest–Városkapu

HSR (MÁV)

3

27

Gyöngyösi utca

5

25

Forgách utca

7

24

Árpád híd

8

22

Dózsa György út

10

21

Lehel tér

11

19

Nyugati pályaudvar

HSR (MÁV)

13

17

Arany János utca

15

16

Deák Ferenc tér

16

14

Ferenciek tere

17

13

Kálvin tér

19

11

Corvin-negyed

20

10

Klinikák

22

8

Nagyvárad tér

24

7

Népliget

26

5

Ecseri út

27

4

Pöttyös utca

29

2

Határ út

31

0

Kőbánya–Kispest

HSR (MÁV)

Line 3 (Officially: North-South Line, Metro 3 or M3, and unofficially: Blue Line) 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 626,179. Like Line 1, it does not serve Buda.

The Budapest Metro is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the oldest electrified underground railway system on the European continent, and the third-oldest electrically operated underground railway in the world, predated by the 1890 City & South London Railway and the Liverpool Overhead Railway in 1893-96. Its iconic Line 1 was completed in 1896.

The Danube is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga. It is located in Central and Eastern Europe.

Pest is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, Hungary, comprising about two thirds of the city's territory. It is separated from Buda and Óbuda, the western parts of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable sights are the Inner City, the Hungarian Parliament, Heroes' Square and Andrássy Avenue. In colloquial Hungarian, "Pest" is often used for the whole capital of Budapest. The three parts of Budapest united in 1873.

History

The first decree for the third line was made in 1968,^[3] construction started in 1970, the first section was opened in 1976 with six stations. The southern direction was complemented with five more stations in 1980, and the northern one in 1981, 1984, and 1990 with nine stations, reaching its current length of 20 stations and 16.5 km (10 mi), the longest line in Budapest.^[2]^[3] Soviet-made 81-717/714 carriages (prevalent in many Eastern Bloc metro systems) operate on this line. Operation started with 4 units in 1976, expanded to 6 units in 1984.^[4] Six unit-trains provide space for 1,097 people.^[1] It was planned for a daily ridership of 800,000 people.^[1]

Eastern Bloc 20th-century group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe

The Eastern Bloc was the group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War (1947–1991) in opposition to the capitalist Western Bloc. Generally, in Western Europe the term Eastern Bloc referred to the USSR and its East European satellite states in the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon); in Asia, the socialist bloc comprised the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the People's Republic of Kampuchea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and the People's Republic of China. In the Americas, the communist bloc included the Caribbean Republic of Cuba, since 1961.

Line 3 runs in a north-south direction (more exactly, from north-northeast to southeast) through the city and connects several populous microraion with the downtown.^[5] It has a transfer station with Line 1 and Line 2 at Deák Ferenc tér, and a transfer station for Line 4 at Kálvin tér.

Deák Ferenc tér is a transfer station on the M1, M2, and M3 lines of the Budapest Metro. It is located under the eponymous city 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.

Timeline

Segment^[2]^[3]	Date opened	Length
Deák Ferenc tér – Nagyvárad tér	31 December 1976	4.1 km
Nagyvárad tér – Kőbánya–Kispest	29 March 1980	4.9 km
Deák Ferenc tér – Lehel tér	30 December 1981	2.4 km
Lehel tér – Árpád híd	5 November 1984	1.7 km
Árpád híd – Újpest–Központ	14 December 1990	3.4 km
Total	20 Stations	16.5 km

Stations and connections

Travel Time minutes	Station	Travel Time minutes	Connection	Buildings / Monuments
Kőbánya-Kispest – Újpest-Központ
0	Kőbánya-Kispest	31	68, 85, 85E, 93, 93A, 98, 98E, 136E, 148, 151, 182, 184, 193E, 200E, 201E, 202E, 282E, 284E 575, 576, 577, 580, 581 Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
3	Határ út	28	42, 50, 52 66, 66B, 66E, 84E, 89E, 94E, 99, 123, 123A, 194, 194B, 199, 294E
4	Pöttyös utca	27
5	Ecseri út	26	3 181, 281
7	Népliget	24	1 254E 607, 608, 626, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 636, 654, 655, 660, 661, 705 (Volánbusz)	Népliget, Groupama Arena, Planetarium
9	Nagyvárad tér	22	24 281	Semmelweis University Nagyvárad Téri Elméleti Tömb (NET), Hungarian Natural History Museum, Ludovika Military Academy
11	Klinikák	20		Semmelweis University Clinic
12	Corvin-negyed	19	4, 6	Museum of Applied Arts
14	Kálvin tér	17	47, 47B, 48, 49 83 9, 15, 100E, 115	Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár, Hungarian National Museum
15	Ferenciek tere	16	5, 7, 8E, 15, 108E, 110, 112, 115, 133E, 178
16	Deák Ferenc tér	15	47, 48, 49 9, 16, 100E, 105	Deák Ferenc tér, Town Hall, Metro Museum (Földalatti Vasúti Múzeum)
18	Arany János utca	13	72, 73 9, 15, 115	St. Stephen's Basilica
19	Nyugati pályaudvar	12	4, 6 72, 73 9, 26, 91, 191, 226, 291 Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)	Nyugati pályaudvar, WestEnd City Center
21	Lehel tér	10	12M, 14M 76 15, 34, 106, 115	Lehel csarnok
23	Dózsa György út	8	75, 79 34, 106
24	Árpád híd	7	1 26, 32, 34, 106, 115, 120 800, 801, 805, 810, 815, 820, 830, 831, 832, 840
26	Forgách utca	5	32
28	Gyöngyösi utca	3	15, 105
30	Újpest-Városkapu	1	104, 104A, 121, 122, 196, 196A, 204 300, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 872, 880, 882, 883, 884, 889, 890, 893 Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
31	Újpest-Központ	0	12, 12M, 14M 25, 30, 30A, 104, 104A, 147, 170, 196, 196A, 204, 220, 230, 270

Ongoing Reconstruction

Mayor of Budapest Gábor Demszky was warned in 2006^[6] by BKV that the line would soon need reconstruction, but no steps towards this were made before the new mayor István Tarlós took office in 2010. The trains started burning or smoking multiple times, but this has caused neither fatalities nor serious injuries as of yet. Tarlós reacted by ordering the retirement of all trains that were more than 40 years old. He also started the reconstruction of the tracks, because they were also reported as hazardous. In 2014 the mayor's administration finished laying out the plans for the complete reconstruction of the line and Viktor Orbán's government allowed the local government to finance the reconstruction of the trains by taking up loans. Repayment of the loans was guaranteed by the national government in case the municipal government was not able to pay. The municipal government requested EU funds to finance the reconstruction of the underground infrastructure (tunnels and stations), the national government assured it would provide financing in case no or less EU funds were obtained than the necessary amount.

Gábor Demszky is a Hungarian politician, lawyer and sociologist by qualification. Demszky was the Mayor of Budapest from 1990 to 2010. He was a founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) between 1988 and 2010.

István Tarlós is a Hungarian politician, who is the current Mayor of Budapest since 2010. Previously he served as the Mayor of the Third District (Óbuda-Békásmegyer) of the city between 1990 and 2006. Since 2006 he was the Chairman of the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Fraction-Alliance in the General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest, and served as the political leader of the initiative "Social Referendum 2008".

The first metro train was handed over in January 2016 to the Russian Metrowagonmash (the original manufacturer) to be reconstructed.^[7] Tarlós had preferred buying new trains, but he had been overwritten by the Orbán-government.^[8] The prototype of the reconstructed trains entered service on March 20, 2017.^[9] Since then, the number of reconstructed trains serving the line is scheduled to increase by 2 trains every month.

Metrowagonmash is an engineering company in Mytishchi, Russia. Metrowagonmash (MWM) is one of the leading enterprises in Russia operating in the field of transport machine building. It specializes in development, designing and manufacturing of rolling stock for metro systems and railways. Metrowagonmash is part of Transmashholding.

On September 4th, 2017 the contracts for reconstructing the whole tunnel and the stations of the northern section were signed, thus effectively starting the reconstruction. The stations will be finished by December 31th, 2018. After this phase, the stations of the middle- and the southern sections will be reconstructed, the order of these two phases is not yet decided. Overhauling the tunnel is set to end by August 24th, 2020. ^[10]

Gallery

Újpest-Központ
Újpest-Központ
Újpest-Városkapu
Gyöngyösi utca
Forgách utca
Árpád híd
Dózsa György út
Lehel tér
Nyugati pályaudvar
Nyugati pályaudvar
Arany János utca
Deák Ferenc tér
Ferenciek tere
Kálvin tér
Kálvin tér
Kálvin tér
Corvin-negyed
Klinikák
Nagyvárad tér
Népliget
Ecseri út
Pöttyös utca
Határ út
Határ út
Határ út
Kőbánya-Kispest (2005)
Kőbánya-Kispest
First reconstructed train, Pöttyös utca

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References

1 2 3 András Koós - Tamás Szirmay - Jenő Tiborcz: A budapesti 3-as metróvonal új szakasza ("The new section of Budapest Metro Line 3"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 1, pp. 126-127, Budapest, 1991
1 2 3 Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991
1 2 3 Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
↑ Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000
↑ Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
↑ "Announcement about the state of Metro Line 3 by Budapest Mass Transport Company˝".
↑ "Reconstruction of Metro Line 3's trains starts". 2016-02-02.
↑ "Tarlós: reconstruction of the trains of Metro Line 3 can start". 2014-09-25.
↑ "The first reconstructed train on Line M3 enters service". 2017-03-20.
↑ "Contracts of Metro Line 3 reconstruction signed". 2017-09-04.

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[Line_3a-1] 1 2 3 András Koós - Tamás Szirmay - Jenő Tiborcz: A budapesti 3-as metróvonal új szakasza ("The new section of Budapest Metro Line 3"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 1, pp. 126-127, Budapest, 1991

[Line_3b-2] 1 2 3 Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991

[Line_3c-3] 1 2 3 Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995

[4] Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000

[5] Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5

[6] "Announcement about the state of Metro Line 3 by Budapest Mass Transport Company˝".

[7] "Reconstruction of Metro Line 3's trains starts". 2016-02-02.

[8] "Tarlós: reconstruction of the trains of Metro Line 3 can start". 2014-09-25.

[9] "The first reconstructed train on Line M3 enters service". 2017-03-20.

[10] "Contracts of Metro Line 3 reconstruction signed". 2017-09-04.

v t e Budapest Metro
	Vörösmarty tér Deák Ferenc tér Bajcsy–Zsilinszky út Opera Oktogon Vörösmarty utca Kodály körönd Bajza utca Hősök tere Állatkert (until 1973) Széchenyi fürdő Mexikói út
	Örs vezér tere Pillangó utca Puskás Ferenc Stadion Keleti pályaudvar Blaha Lujza tér Astoria Deák Ferenc tér Kossuth Lajos tér Batthyány tér Széll Kálmán tér Déli pályaudvar
	Kőbánya–Kispest Határ út Pöttyös utca Ecseri út Népliget Nagyvárad tér Klinikák Corvin–negyed Kálvin tér Ferenciek tere Deák Ferenc tér Arany János utca Nyugati pályaudvar Lehel tér Dózsa György út Árpád híd Forgách utca Gyöngyösi utca Újpest–Városkapu Újpest–Központ
	Kelenföld vasútállomás Bikás park Újbuda–központ Móricz Zsigmond körtér Szent Gellért tér Fővám tér Kálvin tér Rákóczi tér II. János Pál pápa tér Keleti pályaudvar
See also: BKV HÉV VEKE

Line 3 (Budapest Metro)

Contents

History

Timeline

Stations and connections

Ongoing Reconstruction

Gallery

Related Research Articles

References