Budapest Keleti station
Budapest Keleti railway station (Budapest Keleti pályaudvar) is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary. It lies at the end of Rákóczi Avenue and at the beginning of Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. The terminal is named after the eastern (keleti) direction towards Romania and the Balkans.
The building was constructed in eclectic style between 1881 and 1884 and was one of the most modern railway stations of Europe in that time. It was planned by Gyula Rochlitz and János Feketeházy.
The main façade is adorned with two statues of James Watt and George Stephenson.
Keleti pályaudvar is also a station of the M2 (East-West) line of the Budapest Metro. The metro station's length is 193 m, the platform length is 180 m, underground depth is 14 m. From about 2015 on, it will be a station of the Line 4 (Budapest Metro), too.
There is also a fast train service that connects this railway station with the Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, which started in 2009. The fact that the majority of Intercity services (36 out of 53) arrive at this railway station makes this decision more probable. Also, recently, almost all international trains serving Budapest call at Keleti station. [1]
Budapest Keleti provides connections to the following international destinations:
- Graz, Vienna (Austria)
- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Zagreb (Croatia)
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Berlin, Hamburg, Munich (Germany)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Bucharest, Sibiu, Arad, Timişoara (Romania)
- Bryansk, Kaluga, Moscow (Russia)
- Belgrade (Serbia)
- Bratislava, Košice (Slovakia)
- Ljubliana (Slovenia)
- Zürich (Switzerland)
- Kyiv, Lviv (Ukraine)
Gallery
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The station around 1900 -
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The old ticket hall -
Lotz-Hall -
Construction Site: December 2008 -
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External links
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- A picture from about 1905
- The facade
- More photos: (1), (2), (3), (4)
- Metro station
- Virtual tour outside station
- Aerial photographs of the Station
47°30′01″N 19°05′02″E / 47.50028°N 19.08389°E
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relation from a traveler. In august 2012, Budapest Keleti north railway Station was as ever a nightmare
- At North Station, because of waiting at the special abroad tickets office, BUY A TICKET FOR ABROAD MIGHT TAKE 1 to 2 HOURS! Dozens of exhausted bagpackers sit on the office ground.
Than YOU MISS THE TRAIN.
- Fluo people in charge to inform are inefficient and talk poor english. The departure table is confuse and propose 2 hours by train. Platform train column is not indicated in english.
- Tell it to the Tourist information at Keleti, they dont accept any critic, yell and throw you out.
The fluo men in charge to organise state services whisper that you may buy at Wastell agency, on the other side of abroad tickets office. 4 dollars more.
Buy your ticket the day before!
- In the station, Change money offices are as ever a robbery in broad daylight; 2,20/ 1 euro instead of 2,70 in town.