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Budapest Nyugati
Budapest Nyugati
	Budapest Western railway station
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Location	Teréz krt. 55; Budapest; Hungary
Coordinates	47°30′39″N 19°3′27″E / 47.51083°N 19.05750°E
Platforms	9
Tracks	17
Connections	;
Services
	Zugló towards Szeged
	Zugló towards Záhony
Terminus	Vác towards Terespol
Vác towards Hamburg-Altona	Terminus
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Budapest Nyugati station (Hungarian: Nyugati pályaudvar, pronounced [ˈɲuɡɒti ˈpaːjɒudvɒr]; lit. 'western railway station'), generally referred to simply as Nyugati, is one of the three main railway terminals in Budapest, Hungary. The station is on the Pest side of Budapest, accessible by the 4 and 6 tramline and the M3 metro line.

Layout

The station is a stub-end terminal, with the tracks exiting to the northeast. There are nine platforms serving seventeen tracks. There is a metro station beneath the railway station; buses and trams are accessed at street level.^[1]

History

The station was designed by Auguste de Serres and was built by the Eiffel Company. It was opened on 28 October 1877. It replaced another station, which was the terminus of Hungary's first railway line, the Pest–Vác line (constructed in 1846). This building was abolished in order to construct the Grand Boulevard.

The station got its name from the adjacent Western Square ('Nyugati tér'), a major intersection where Teréz körút (Theresia Boulevard), Szent István körút (Saint Stephen Boulevard), Váci út (Váci Avenue), and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út (Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Avenue) converge. The square also serves as a transport hub with several bus routes, tram routes 4 and 6, and a station on M3 of the Budapest Metro.

Since 2007 Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) has operated regular services between the terminal and Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport Terminal 1,^[2] although Terminal 1 has been closed since 2012 and all departures and arrivals have been consolidated in Terminal 2A and 2B, which is 4 kilometers away.^[3]

Beside the terminal and partially above its open area there is the WestEnd City Center shopping mall. Inside the station is a McDonald's restaurant which has been described as the "most elegant" McDonald's in the world.^[4]^[5]

The music video for Gwen Stefani's 2008 single Early Winter was partly shot at Nyugati.^[6] Starting in May 2016 the key scenes of the movie Terminal were shot over 27 nights.^[7]

Certain parts of the historic terminal building have recently been renovated.^[8] More renovations and changes to the immediate surroundings of the building are planned based on plans by London-based architectural firm Grimshaw.^[9]

Services

As of the July 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Budapest Nyugati:^[10]^[11]^[12]

InterCity: services to Budapest Keleti (via Tokaj), Mukachevo, Szeged, and Záhony.
EuroCity: services to Brno main, Terespol, and Hamburg-Altona.
EuroNight: overnight service to Breclav.
InterRegio: service to Debrecen.
: hourly service to Kecskemét.
/ / : frequent service to Szolnok.
/ / : frequent service to Szob.
/ : frequent service to Vác.
/ : frequent service to Esztergom.

References

^ "Budapest-Nyugati" (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Intelligence August 2007". Railway Gazette International. 1 August 2007.
^ Airport, Budapest. "Budapest Airport Closes Terminal 1". Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Nyugati Train Station | Budapest, Hungary Attractions". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "This Is the World's Fanciest McDonald's". mic.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "10+1 famous music videos shot in Hungary". Daily News Hungary. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "Terminal (2018) - IMDb". IMDb.
^ "Main Entrance of Budapest Nyugati Station Back to Its Former Glory". Hungary Today. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "Grimshaw Selected to Design Budapest's New Nyugati Railway Station". ArchDaily. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "142 Budapest — Lajosmizse — Kecskemé" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "71 Budapest — Vácrátót — Vác" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ "2 Budapest — Esztergom" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

External links

Nyugati Railway Station and Royal Waiting Room

[1] "Budapest-Nyugati" (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

[2] "Intelligence August 2007". Railway Gazette International. 1 August 2007.

[3] Airport, Budapest. "Budapest Airport Closes Terminal 1". Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[4] "Nyugati Train Station | Budapest, Hungary Attractions". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[5] "This Is the World's Fanciest McDonald's". mic.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[6] "10+1 famous music videos shot in Hungary". Daily News Hungary. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[7] "Terminal (2018) - IMDb". IMDb.

[8] "Main Entrance of Budapest Nyugati Station Back to Its Former Glory". Hungary Today. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[9] "Grimshaw Selected to Design Budapest's New Nyugati Railway Station". ArchDaily. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[10] "142 Budapest — Lajosmizse — Kecskemé" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[11] "71 Budapest — Vácrátót — Vác" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[12] "2 Budapest — Esztergom" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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+'''Budapest Nyugati station''' ({{langx|hu|Nyugati pályaudvar}}, {{IPA-hu|ˈɲuɡɒti ˈpaːjɒudvɒr|pron}}; {{lit|western railway station}}), generally referred to simply as '''Nyugati''', is one of the three main [[railway terminal]]s in [[Budapest]], Hungary. The station is on the [[Pest, Hungary|Pest]] side of Budapest, accessible by the 4 and 6 tramline and the [[Metro Line M3 (Budapest Metro)|M3]] metro line.
-[[File:Budapest West Station.jpg|thumb|Budapest Western railway station, planned by August de Serres (Eiffel Company)]]
-'''Nyugati pályaudvar''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Western railway station''), is one of the three main [[railway terminal]]s in [[Budapest]], Hungary. Known to locals and foreigners alike simply as ''Nyugati,'' the station is on the Pest side of Budapest, accessible by the 4 and 6 tramline and the M3 metro line.
+==Layout==
+The station is a stub-end terminal, with the tracks exiting to the northeast. There are nine platforms serving seventeen tracks. There is a [[Nyugati pályaudvar (Budapest Metro)|metro station]] beneath the railway station; buses and trams are accessed at street level.<ref>{{cite web | title=Budapest-Nyugati | url=https://www.mavcsoport.hu/file/1190747/download?token=3Y4oagui | accessdate=30 June 2023 | language=hu | publisher=MÁV Group}}</ref>
 ==History==
 [[File:Nyugati 19. század vége.jpg|thumb|left|Budapest Nyugati station in the 19th century]]
-[[File:Budapest Mc Donald 2.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of the [[McDonald's]] in the Budapest-Nyugati Railway Terminal]]
+[[File:Budapest Mc Donald 2.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of the [[McDonald's]] in the Budapest-Nyugati station]]
-The station was planned by [[August de Serres]] and was built by the [[Eiffel (company)|Eiffel Company]]. It was opened on 28 October 1877. Previously another station stood in its place, the end station of Hungary's first railway line, the [[Pest, Hungary|Pest]]–[[Vác]] line (constructed in 1846). This building was pulled down in order to construct the [[Grand Boulevard (Budapest)|Grand Boulevard]] (Nagykörút) which is now smaller than the outer ringroad (Hungária körút - ''[[Hungary]] Boulevard'') and the recently opened motorway ringroad [[M0 motorway (Hungary)|M0]] (2008).
-The station gave name to the immediately adjacent Western Square ('Nyugati tér'), a major intersection where Teréz körút (''Theresia Boulevard''), Szent István körút (''[[Stephen I of Hungary|Saint Stephen]] Boulevard''), [[Váci út]] (''Váci Avenue''), and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út (''[[Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky|Bajcsy-Zsilinszky]] Avenue'') converge. The square also serves as a transport hub with several bus routes, tram routes 4 and 6, and [[Nyugati pályaudvar (Budapest Metro)|a station]] on [[Line 3 (Budapest Metro)|M3]] of the [[Budapest Metro]].
-[[File:MAV 4824-020 02.JPG|thumb|Budapest Nyugati train station]]
+The station was designed by [[Auguste de Serres]] and was built by the [[Eiffel (company)|Eiffel Company]]. It was opened on 28 October 1877. It replaced another station, which was the terminus of Hungary's first railway line, the [[Pest, Hungary|Pest]]–[[Vác]] line (constructed in 1846). This building was abolished in order to construct the [[Grand Boulevard (Budapest)|Grand Boulevard]].
-Since 2007 state railway [[Hungarian State Railways|MÁV]] has operated regular services between the terminal and [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport]] Terminal 1,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/intelligence-august-2007.html | title=Intelligence August 2007 | date=1 August 2007 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref> although Terminal 1 has been closed since 2012 and all departures and arrivals have been consolidated in Terminal 2A and 2B, which is 4 kilometers away by airport bus 200E.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bud.hu/english/budapest-airport/media/news/budapest-airport-closes-terminal-1-10109.html?_offeredit_pheight=0154|title=Budapest Airport Closes Terminal 1|last=Airport|first=Budapest|access-date=2017-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005210041/http://www.bud.hu/english/budapest-airport/media/news/budapest-airport-closes-terminal-1-10109.html?_offeredit_pheight=0154|archive-date=2017-10-05|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
+The station got its name from the adjacent Western Square ('Nyugati tér'), a major intersection where Teréz körút (''Theresia Boulevard''), Szent István körút (''[[Stephen I of Hungary|Saint Stephen]] Boulevard''), [[Váci út]] (''Váci Avenue''), and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út (''[[Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky|Bajcsy-Zsilinszky]] Avenue'') converge. The square also serves as a transport hub with several bus routes, tram routes 4 and 6, and [[Nyugati pályaudvar (Budapest Metro)|a station]] on [[Line 3 (Budapest Metro)|M3]] of the [[Budapest Metro]].
-Beside the terminal and partially above its open area there is the [[WestEnd City Center]] [[shopping mall]]. Inside the station is a McDonald's restaurant which opened in 1988 described by tourism brochures as the "most elegant" McDonalds in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/hungary/budapest/attractions/nyugati-train-station/a/poi-sig/412040/359522|title=Nyugati Train Station {{!}} Budapest, Hungary Attractions|website=www.lonelyplanet.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mic.com/articles/85625/this-is-the-world-s-fanciest-mcdonald-s|title=This Is the World's Fanciest McDonald's|website=mic.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref>
+Since 2007 [[Hungarian State Railways]] (MÁV) has operated regular services between the terminal and [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport]] Terminal 1,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/intelligence-august-2007.html | title=Intelligence August 2007 | date=1 August 2007 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref> although Terminal 1 has been closed since 2012 and all departures and arrivals have been consolidated in Terminal 2A and 2B, which is 4 kilometers away.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bud.hu/english/budapest-airport/media/news/budapest-airport-closes-terminal-1-10109.html?_offeredit_pheight=0154|title=Budapest Airport Closes Terminal 1|last=Airport|first=Budapest|access-date=2017-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005210041/http://www.bud.hu/english/budapest-airport/media/news/budapest-airport-closes-terminal-1-10109.html?_offeredit_pheight=0154|archive-date=2017-10-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-==Train services==
-The station provides access to the following services:
+Beside the terminal and partially above its open area there is the [[WestEnd City Center]] [[shopping mall]]. Inside the station is a McDonald's restaurant which has been described as the "most elegant" McDonald's in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/hungary/budapest/attractions/nyugati-train-station/a/poi-sig/412040/359522|title=Nyugati Train Station {{!}} Budapest, Hungary Attractions|website=www.lonelyplanet.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mic.com/articles/85625/this-is-the-world-s-fanciest-mcdonald-s|title=This Is the World's Fanciest McDonald's|website=mic.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref>
-*Intercity services [[Budapest]] - [[Szolnok]] - [[Debrecen]] - [[Záhony]] - [[Lviv]] - [[Kiev]]
+The music video for [[Gwen Stefani|Gwen Stefani's]] 2008 single ''[[Early Winter]]'' was partly shot at Nyugati.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailynewshungary.com/15-famous-music-videos-shot-hungary/|title=10+1 famous music videos shot in Hungary|date=2017-01-03|website=Daily News Hungary|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>
-{{s-rail-start}}
+Starting in May 2016 the key scenes of the movie ''[[Terminal (film)|Terminal]]'' were shot over 27 nights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463816/|title = Terminal (2018) - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
-{{s-rail|title=MÁV START}}
-{{s-line|system=IT-Intercity|line=|type=Budapest-Nyugati|type2=Kiev Passenger|previous=|next=Zugló}}
-{{s-end}}
+Certain parts of the historic terminal building have recently been renovated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-22 |title=Main Entrance of Budapest Nyugati Station Back to Its Former Glory |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/main-entrance-of-budapest-nyugati-station-back-to-its-former-glory/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}}</ref> More renovations and changes to the immediate surroundings of the building are planned based on plans by London-based architectural firm [[Grimshaw Architects|Grimshaw]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-30 |title=Grimshaw Selected to Design Budapest's New Nyugati Railway Station |url=https://www.archdaily.com/979395/grimshaw-selected-to-design-budapests-new-nyugati-railway-station |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=ArchDaily |language=en-US}}</ref>
-==Distance from other railway stations==
-===Hungary===
+==Services==
+[[File:MAV 4824-020 02.JPG|thumb|Budapest-Nyugati station]]
-*[[Esztergom]]: 53&nbsp;km
+{{As of|alt=As of the July 2023 timetable change|2023|7|post=,}} the following services stop at Budapest Nyugati:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mavcsoport.hu/sites/default/files/upload/page/142_0317.pdf | title=142 Budapest — Lajosmizse — Kecskemé | date=17 March 2023 | accessdate=1 July 2023 | language=hu | publisher=MÁV Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mavcsoport.hu/sites/default/files/upload/page/71_1.pdf | title=71 Budapest — Vácrátót — Vác | date=17 June 2023 | accessdate=1 July 2023 | language=hu | publisher=MÁV Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mavcsoport.hu/sites/default/files/upload/page/2_0.pdf | title=2 Budapest — Esztergom | date=17 June 2023 | accessdate=1 July 2023 | language=hu | publisher=MÁV Group}}</ref>
-*[[Vác]]: 34&nbsp;km
-*[[Szob]] [[File:Hungary road sign C-039.svg|20px]] HU-SK: 64&nbsp;km
-*[[Cegléd]]: 73&nbsp;km
-*[[Szolnok]]: 100&nbsp;km
-*[[Debrecen]]: 221&nbsp;km
-*[[Nyíregyháza]]: 270&nbsp;km
-*[[Záhony]] [[File:Hungary road sign C-037.svg|20px]] HU-UA: 336&nbsp;km
-*[[Kecskemét]]: 106&nbsp;km
-*[[Szeged]]: 191&nbsp;km
+* [[InterCity#Hungary|InterCity]]: services to {{stn|Budapest Keleti}} (via {{rws|Tokaj}}), {{rws|Mukachevo}}, {{rws|Szeged}}, and {{rws|Záhony}}.
-==Future developments==
+* [[EuroCity]]: services to {{rws|Brno main}}, {{rws|Terespol}}, and {{stn|Hamburg-Altona}}.
-Plans exist to build a cross-city tunnel linking Nyugati station with [[Budapest-Déli Railway Terminal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/new-transportation-developments-proposed-in-budapest-metro-5-new-vehicles-and-a-railway-tunnel/|title=New Transportation Projects Proposed in Budapest: Metro 5, New Vehicles and a Railway Tunnel|website=Hungary Today|date=13 November 2018|accessdate=30 July 2019}}</ref>
+* [[EuroNight]]: overnight service to {{rws|Breclav}}.
+* [[InterRegio]]: service to {{rws|Debrecen}}.
+* {{ric|MÁV START|S21}}: hourly service to {{rws|Kecskemét}}.
+* {{ric|MÁV START|S50}} / {{ric|MÁV START|G50}} / {{ric|MÁV START|Z50}}: frequent service to {{rws|Szolnok}}.
+* {{ric|MÁV START|S70}} / {{ric|MÁV START|G70}} / {{ric|MÁV START|Z70}}: frequent service to {{rws|Szob}}.
+* {{ric|MÁV START|S71}} / {{ric|MÁV START|G71}}: frequent service to {{rws|Vác}}.
+* {{ric|MÁV START|S72}} / {{ric|MÁV START|Z72}}: frequent service to {{rws|Esztergom}}.
 ==References==
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