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{{Short description|Main railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary}}
{{redirect|Keleti pályaudvar|the metro station|Keleti pályaudvar metro station}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Budapest Keleti railway station<br>{{native name|hu|Keleti pályaudvar}}
| native_name = Keleti pályaudvar
| type =
| style native_name_lang = hu
| image = File:14-05-06-budapest-RalfR-11.jpg
| image_caption = Budapest Keleti viewed from the west.
| address = Kerepesi út 2-4<br />1087 Budapest
| country = Hungary
| coordinates = {{coord|47|30|01|N|19|05|02|E|region:HU-BU_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{Plainlist|
| line = 1 Bp.Keleti pu. – [[Hegyeshalom]]<br>80 Bp.Keleti pu. – [[Sátoraljaújhely]]<br>120 Bp.Keleti pu. – [[Lőkösháza]]<br>150 Bp.Keleti pu. – [[Kelebia]]
* [[Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line|Budapest–Hegyeshalom]]
| connections = Metro: [[File:BKV_metro.svg|18px|link=Budapest Metro]] [[File:BKV m 2 jms.svg|18px|link=Line 2 (Budapest Metro)]] [[File:BKV m 4 jms.svg|18px|link=Line 4 (Budapest Metro)]]<br>Tram: [[File:KRESZ villamos.svg|25px]] 24
* {{ill|Budapest–Hatvan railway line|hu|Budapest–Hatvan-vasútvonal|lt=Budapest–Hatvan}}
* [[Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway|Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok]]
* {{ill|Budapest–Kunszentmiklós-Tass–Kelebia railway line|hu|Budapest–Kunszentmiklós-Tass–Kelebia-vasútvonal|lt=Budapest–Kunszentmiklós-Tass–Kelebia}}
}}
| connections = Metro: [[File:BKV_metro.svg|18px|link=Budapest Metro]] [[File:BKV m 2 jms.svg|18px|link=Line 2 (Budapest Metro)]] [[File:BKV m 4 jms.svg|18px|link=Line 4 (Budapest Metro)]]<br />Tram: [[File:KRESZ villamos.svg|25px]] 24
| opened = {{Start date and age|1884|08|16|df=y}}
| rebuilt =
| elevation = {{convert|116|m}}
| electrified =
| architect = [[Gyula Rochlitz]]
| passengers =
| platform platforms = 187
| tracks = 13
| owned = [[Hungarian State Railways|Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)]]
| map_type = Budapest
| map_locator =
| map_size = 200
{{Location map
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| website={{URL|https://www.mavcsoport.hu/mav-start/belfoldi-utazas/vasutallomas/budapest-keleti}}
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|lon_deg=19|lon_min=05|lon_sec=02
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|line6=IC Budapest-Timişoara|right6=Szolnok
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|line13=IC Pécs-Budapest|left13=Kelenföld
|line14=IC Sopron-Budapest|left14=Kelenföld
|line15=IC Split-Budapest|left15=Kelenföld
|line16=IC Szentgotthárd-Budapest|left16=Kelenföld
|line17=EC Vienna-Budapest|left17=Kelenföld
|line18=EC Vienna-Chop|left18=Kelenföld|right18=Szolnok
|line19=EC Vienna-Cluj Napoca|left19=Kelenföld|right19=Szolnok
|line20=EN Salzburg-Budapest|left20=Kelenföld
|line21=Gy Vienna-Bucharest|left21=Ferencváros|right21=Szolnok
|line22=S Budapest-Balmazújváros|right22=Gödöllő
|line23=IR 85|right23=Gödöllő
|line24=IR 87|right24=Gödöllő
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|line26=G60|right26=Kőbánya felső
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|services_collapsible=yes
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[[File:Budapest Keleti napis Keleti Palyaudvar.jpg|thumb|The inscription "Keleti Palyaudvar" visible on the main facade in Hungarian means "Eastern Station".]]
[[File:Budapest_Keleti_Palyaudvar_1912_Kepeslap.jpg|thumb|Keleti Terminal in 1912]]
'''Budapest Keleti''' (eastern) '''railway station''' ({{lang-hu|Keleti pályaudvar}}; "eastern railway station") is the main international and [[inter-city rail|inter-city]] [[railway terminal]] in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].
 
The station stands where [[Rákóczi útAvenue]] splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Keleti pályaudvar translates to ''Eastern Railway Terminus''. Its name in 1891 originates not only forfrom 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 [[Budapest-Nyugati Railway Terminal|Nyugati]] (''western'') railway station used to serve lines toward Vienna and Paris.
 
==Architecture==
The building was designed in [[eclectic style]] by [[Gyula Rochlitz]] and [[János Feketeházy]] and constructed between 1881 and 1884. The main façade is adorned with two statues depicting [[James Watt (inventor)|James Watt]] and [[George Stephenson]]. Inside the station are frescos by Karoly Lotz.<ref>{{cite web| title=Keleti Train Station| url=http://www.budapest-city-guide.com/budapest-attractions/budapest-historical-monuments-and-edifices/keleti-train-station.html| publisher=Budapest City Guide.com| access-date=2014-12-02| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109022732/http://www.budapest-city-guide.com/budapest-attractions/budapest-historical-monuments-and-edifices/keleti-train-station.html| archive-date=2016-11-09| url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Budapest Keleti has seven platforms serving thirteen tracks.<ref>{{cite web | title=Budapest-Keleti | url=https://www.mavcsoport.hu/file/1216721/download?token=yKbcMSST | accessdate=28 June 2023 | language=hu | publisher=MÁV Group}}</ref>
==Train connections==
The following trains call at this station:
[[File:Budapest Keleti pályaudvar felvételi épülete 1985 (Azonosító 18151).jpg|thumb|Keleti Station and Baross Square in 1985]]
I. International services:
 
==Services==
*[[Railjet]] trains
{{As of|alt=As of the July 2023 timetable change|2023|7|post=,}} the following services stop at Budapest Keleti:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mavcsoport.hu/sites/default/files/upload/page/1_2.pdf | title=1 Budapest — Hegyeshalom — Rajka | date=1 July 2023 | accessdate=28 June 2023 | language=hu | publisher=MÁV Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mavcsoport.hu/sites/default/files/upload/page/120a_0701.pdf | title=120a Budapest — Újszász — Szolnok | date=1 July 2023 | accessdate=28 June 2023 | language=hu | publisher=MÁV Group}}</ref>
**'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – [[Salzburg Hauptbahnhof|Salzburg Hbf]]
**'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – [[München Hauptbahnhof|München Hbf]]
**'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – Innsbruck – [[Zürich Hauptbahnhof|Zürich Hb]]
*[[EuroCity]] trains – EC
**(''[[Lehár (train)|Lehár]]'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Tatabánya – Győr – [[Wien Westbahnhof|Wien Westbf]]
*[[EuroNight]] trains – EN
**(''Kálmán Imre'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – [[München Hauptbahnhof|München Hbf]]
**(''Metropol'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Bratislava – Brno – Prague
**(''Ister'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Sibiu – Brasov – [[Bucharest North railway station|București Nord]]
*Int. InterCity trains – IC
**(''Rába'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Győr – Szombathely – [[Graz Hauptbahnhof|Graz Hbf]]
**(''Rippl-Rónai'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Dombóvár – Kaposvár – Koprivnica – [[Zagreb Glavni kolodvor|Zagreb Glavni Kol.]]
**(''Hernád, Rákóczi'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Miskolc – [[Košice railway station|Košice]]
**(''Corona, Hargita'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Szolnok – Püspökladány – Oradea – Cluj Napoca – Miercurea Ciuc – [[Brașov railway station|Brasov]]
**(''Körös'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – [[Timișoara Nord railway station|Timişoara Nord]]
**(''Transsylvania'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Sibiu – [[Brașov railway station|Brasov]]
**(''Traianus'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Timişoara - Drobeta Tr.Severin – Craiova – [[Bucharest North railway station|București Nord]]
*Int. Express trains
**(''Dacia'') [[Wien Westbahnhof|Wien Westbf]] – Győr – Tatabánya – '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Brasov – [[Bucharest North railway station|București Nord]]
**(''Beograd'') '''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Kiskunhalas – Subotica – Novi Sad – Belgrade
 
* [[Railjet]]: services to [[Zürich HB]] and {{hbf|München}}.
II. Inland
* [[EuroCity]]: services to {{hbf|Wien}} and {{rws|Cluj Napoca}}.
 
* [[InterCity#Hungary|InterCity]]: services to {{rws|Arad|Romania}}, {{rws|Békéscsaba}}, {{rws|Braşov}}, {{rws|Timişoara Nord}}, {{rws|Košice}}, {{stn|Budapest Nyugati}} (via {{rws|Tokaj}}), {{hbf|Graz}}, {{rws|Gyékényes}}, {{rws|Kaposvár}}, {{rws|Ljubljana}}, {{rws|Pécs}}, {{rws|Sopron}}, {{rws|Split}}, and {{rws|Szentgotthárd}}.
*Intercity trains – IC
* Overnight trains:
**(''Borostyánkő-Tűztorony, Claudius-Volt Fesztivál, Savaris-Scarbantia, Alpokalja-Kékfrankos, Répce-Sopron Bank'')<br>'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Kelenföld – Tatabánya – Győr – Csorna / Répcelak – Szombathely / Sopron
** ''Dacia–Corvin Express'': service between {{hbf|Wien}} and {{rws|Bucharest North}}.
**(''Baranya, Dráva, Mecsek, PTE, Sopianae, Tenkes, Tettye, Tubes, Zengő'')<br>'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Kelenföld – Sárbogárd – Pincehely – Dombóvár – Sásd – Szentlőric – Pécs
** [[EuroNight]] ''Kálmán Imre'': service to {{hbf|Salzburg}}, {{hbf|Stuttgart}}, or [[Zürich Hauptbahnhof|Zürich]].
**(''Abaúj, Borsod, Hámor, Lillafüred, Sajó, Szinva'')<br>'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Füzesabony – Miskolc-Tiszai
* [[Sebesvonat]]: service to {{rws|Balmazújváros}}.
**[[File:'Spirit of Budapest' ÖBB 1116 Railjet, 2018 Budapest.jpg|thumb|Austrian ÖBB Railjet opererates every 2 hours on the Budapest-Wien-München Line]](''Dália, Jázmin, Kamilla, Rózsa'')<br>'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Füzesabony – Miskolc-Tiszai – Szerencs – Tokaj – Nyíregyháza
* {{ric|MÁV START|IR 85}} / {{ric|MÁV START|IR 87}} / {{ric|MÁV START|S80}}: three trains per hour to {{rws|Gödöllő}}, half-hourly service to {{rws|Vámosgyörk}}, and hourly service to {{rws|Gyöngyös}} and {{rws|Eger}}.
**(''Tokaj, Tulipán'')<br>'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Füzesabony – Miskolc-Tiszai – Szerencs – Tokaj – Nyíregyháza – Debrecen
* [[File:Budapest Keleti - widok na wagony Avali.jpg|thumb|The EuroCity 345 "Avala" train on the Wien Hauptbahnhof - Beograd route is standing at the Budapest Keleti station on January 26, 2016. A WRmz dining car is visible in the foreground. A series 1047 electric locomotive is barely noticeable in the distance.]]{{ric|MÁV START|G60}} / {{ric|MÁV START|Z60}} / {{ric|MÁV START|S60}}: frequent service to {{rws|Sülysáp}}; some trains continuing to {{rws|Nagykáta}} or {{rws|Szolnok}}.
**(''Alföld, Békés, Csanád, Viharsarok'')<br>'''Bp-Keleti pu.''' – Szolnok – Mezőtúr – Gyoma – Mezőberény – Békéscsaba – Kétegyháza – Lőkösháza
 
{{s-rail-start}}
{{s-rail|title=MÁV START}}
{{s-line|system=Railjet|line=|type=Zürich|type2=Budapest|previous=Budapest-Kelenföld|next=}}
{{s-line|system=Railjet|line=|type=München|type2=Budapest|previous=Budapest-Kelenföld|next=}}
{{s-line|system=EuroCity|type=Hamburg|type2=Budapest|line=|previous=Vác|next=}}
{{s-line|system=EuroCity|type=Ljubljana|type2=Budapest|line=|previous=Budapest-Kelenföld|next=}}
{{s-line|system=EuroNight|type=Prague|type2=Budapest|line=|previous=Vác|next=}}
{{s-line|system=EuroNight|type=Wien|type2=Bucharest|line=|previous=Budapest-Kelenföld|next=Szolnok}}
{{s-line|system=EuroNight|type=Zürich|type2=Budapest|line=|previous=Budapest-Kelenföld|next=}}
{{s-line|system=EuroNight|type=München|type2=Budapest|line=|previous=Budapest-Kelenföld|next=}}
{{s-line|system=IT-Intercity|line=|type=Budapest|type2=Brașov|previous=|next=Szolnok}}
{{s-line|system=IT-Intercity|line=|type=Budapest|type2=Timișoara Nord|previous=|next=Szolnok}}
{{s-line|system=IT-Intercity|line=|type=Budapest|type2=Belgrade|previous=|next=Budapest-Ferencváros}}
{{s-line|system=IT-Intercity|line=|type=Zagreb Glavni kolodvor|type2=Budapest|previous=Budapest-Kelenföld|next=}}
{{s-end}}
 
==Metro==
''[[Keleti pályaudvar'' metro station]] has been a station on the M2 (East-West) line of the [[Budapest Metro]] since the line opened in 1970. The metro station is {{convert|14|m|ft}} underground and {{convert|193|m|ft}} in length with the platform {{convert|180|m|ft}}. In March 2014, [[Line 4 (Budapest Metro)|Line 4]] opened making Keleti a transfer point between the two Metro lines.<ref name=rgi20140328>{{cite news |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/automated-metro-line-m4-opens-in-budapest.html | title=Automated metro Line M4 opens in Budapest |date=28 March 2014|publisher=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref>
 
==Airport==
Line 98 ⟶ 93:
 
==Baross tér redevelopment==
The facade of Budapest Keleti faces onto a large three-sided plaza called [[Baross tér]]. In 2005, work began to construct a pedestrian concourse and exits to allow better access between the Keleti pályaudvar Station on [[Line 4 (Budapest Metro)|Budapest Metro Line 4]] and long-distance train facilities. The statue of [[Gábor Baross]], for whom the square is named, was returned to its location in December 2013 and work completed in March 2014.<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.metro4.hu/hirek_reszletes.php?id=921| title=The statue of Gábor Baross in a worthy place again| date=6 December 2014| publisher=Mayor's Office of the Municipality of Budapest| access-date=2014-12-02}}</ref>
[[File:Keletii Palyaudvar, 7am.JPG|thumb|Since it faces due east, at the [[Vernal equinox (northern hemisphere)|Vernal equinox]], the sun rises and lights the train shed]]
The façade of Budapest Keleti faces onto a large three-sided plaza called [[Baross tér]]. In 2005, work began to construct a pedestrian concourse and exits to allow better access between the Keleti Pályudvar Station on [[Line 4 (Budapest Metro)|Budapest Metro Line 4]] and long-distance train facilities. The statue of [[Gábor Baross]], for whom the square is named, was returned to its location in December 2013 and work completed in March 2014.<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.metro4.hu/hirek_reszletes.php?id=921| title=The statue of Gábor Baross in a worthy place again| date=6 December 2014| publisher=Mayor's Office of the Municipality of Budapest| access-date=2014-12-02}}</ref>
 
==Public Transporttransport==
Budapest Keleti railway station is located in the 8theighth district of [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].
 
*[[Budapest Metro|Metro]]: [[File:BKV_metro.svg|18px|link=Budapest Metro]] [[File:BKV m 2 jms.svg|18px|link=Line 2 (Budapest Metro)]] [[File:BKV m 4 jms.svg|18px|link=Line 4 (Budapest Metro)]]
*[[Trams in Budapest|Tram]]: [[File:KRESZ villamos.svg|25px]] 24
*Trolleybus: [[File:KRESZ troli.svg|25px]] 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 80A
*Bus: [[File:BKV busz symbol.svg|20px]] 5, 7, 7E, 8E, 20E, 30, 30A, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 178, 230
*Nocturnal lines: [[File:BKK night line logo.svg|20px]] 907, 908, 931, 956, 973, 990
 
==Distance from other railway stations==
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===Hungary===
*[[Tatabánya]]: 73 km
*[[Győr]]: 140 km
*[[Hegyeshalom]] [[File:Hungary road sign C-035.svg|20px]] HU-AT: 187 km (to [[Vienna]])
*[[Pécs]]: 237 km
*[[Hatvan]]: 67 km
*[[Eger]]: 140 km
*[[Miskolc]]: 182 km
*[[Hidasnémeti]] [[File:Hungary road sign C-039.svg|20px]] HU-SK: 244 km (to [[Košice]])
*[[Sátoraljaújhely]]: 266 km
*[[Szolnok]]: 100 km
*[[Békéscsaba]]: 196 km
*[[Lőkösháza]] [[File:Hungary road sign C-038.svg|20px]] HU-RO: 225 km (to [[Arad, Romania|Arad]])
 
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===Europe===
*[[Berlin Hauptbahnhof|Berlin Hbf]]: 1026 km
*[[Bucharest North railway station|București Nord]]: 854 km
*[[Cluj-Napoca train station|Cluj-Napoca]]: 399 km
*[[München Hauptbahnhof|München Hbf]]: 740 km
*[[Praha hlavní nádraží|Praha hl.n]]: 611 km
*[[Timișoara Nord railway station|Timișoara Nord]]: 310 km
*[[Wien Hauptbahnhof|Wien Hbf]]: 254 km
*[[Zagreb Glavni kolodvor|Zagreb Glavni Kol.]]: 377 km
*[[Zürich Hauptbahnhof|Zürich Hb]]: 1068 km
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==In popular culture==
The station is featured in the opening sequence of the [[2011 in film|2011]] film, ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]''.
 
The railway station willappeared appearbriefly in the [[2021 in film|2021]] [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|film]] ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Budapest keleti historic.jpg|The station around 1900
File:Img4445.jpg|Thököly Avenue entrance to Lotz Hall
Image:Keleti old ticket hall.JPG|The old ticket hall
File:Img5554.jpg|Lotz Hall entry to main shed
File:Kerepesi út, a Keleti pályaudvar érkezési oldala. Fortepan 3268.jpg|Keleti railway station after the [[Battle of Budapest]], 1945
 
Image:Keleti station budapest dec 2008 benecke.jpg|Baross tér Construction in December 2008
File:Budapest East Station 2.jpg|Train shed looking toward Baross tér
Image:Keletigegen1civertan.jpg|Overhead view looking west
File:Keleti fények ....jpg|Eastern lights (7th prize photo on Wiki Loves Monuments 2013)
File:KeletiPuFotoThalerTamas.JPG|Looking west into the main hall
</gallery>
{{Commons|Eastern Railway Station (Budapest)}}
 
== References ==
{{reflist}}
<references />
 
==External links==
{{Commons and category}}
{{Portal|Hungary|Trains}}
* {{official website}} {{in lang|hu}}
*[https://www.mavcsoport.hu/file/861553/download?token=SpinsfJ8 Station Overview Map]
*[http://mek.oszk.hu/01900/01905/html/index1227.html A picture from about 1905]
*[http://www.the4cs.com/~corin/photos/2003/budapest/2003051807160.html The façade]
*More photos: [http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary/Hungary_Budapest_KeletiStation.html (1)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629142407/http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary/Hungary_Budapest_KeletiStation.html |date=2006-06-29 }}, [http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary/Hungary_Budapest_KeletiStation2.html (2)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629142727/http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary/Hungary_Budapest_KeletiStation2.html |date=2006-06-29 }}, [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gremio/130586410/ (3)], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rodocrozit/276365550/ (4)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222634/http://metros.hu/allomas/2/08keleti.html Metro station]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080925094516/http://www.360travelguide.com/360VirtualTour.asp?iCode=bud17 Virtual tour outside station]
*[http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=989 Aerial photographs of the Station]
*[http://www.mav-start.hu/res/keleti_attekinto_terkep_1.pdf Station Plan]
 
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