Kelenföld railway station

Kelenföld railway station (Hungarian: Kelenföldi vasútállomás or incorrectly Kelenföldi pályaudvar, and until 2007 officially Budapest-Kelenföld) is Budapest's fourth busiest railway station (after Keleti pu, Déli pu and Nyugati pu). Opened in 1861, it is situated south-west of the city centre, in Újbuda or District XI in the suburb Kelenföld.

Kelenföld railway station
Kelenföldi vasútállomás  (Hungarian)
Station building
LocationEtele tér
1115 Budapest
Hungary
Coordinates47°27′54″N 19°01′18″E
Owned byHungarian State Railways (MÁV)
Line(s)1 Bp.Keleti pu. - Hegyeshalom
30 Bp.Déli pu. - Nagykanizsa
40 Bp.Déli pu. - Pécs
Platforms16
ConnectionsMetro:
Tram: 1, 19, 49
History
Opened1861
Location
Kelenföldi vasútállomás
Location within Budapest

Today, Kelenföld is an extremely busy station, with almost all passenger and freight services operated by Hungarian Railways towards Transdanubia passing through.

The station is served by Kelenföld vasútállomás metro station and is the terminus of the Line 4 of the Budapest Metro which opened on 28 March 2014.[1]

Next to the station there is a suburban Volánbusz bus terminal.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Railjet services
    • Budapest - Tatabánya- Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg Hbf
    • Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - München Hbf
    • Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - Innsbruck - Zürich Hb
  • EuroCity services – EC
    • (Lehár) Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Wien Westbf
    • (Hortobágy) Nyíregyháza - Debrecen - Szolnok - Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Wien Westbf
    • (Avala) Belgrade - Novi Sad - Subotica - Kiskunhalas - Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Wien Westbf

Since the completion of "Wien Hauptbahnhof" (Wien Hbf) all trains to and from Budapest go via Wien Hbf.

    • (Citadella) Budapest - Székesfehérvár - Veszprém - Zalaegerszeg - Celje - Ljubljana
  • EuroNight services – EN
    • (Kálmán Imre) Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - München Hbf
  • Int. InterCity services – IC
    • (Rába) Budapest Tatabánya - Győr - Szombathely - Graz Hbf
    • (Agram, Rippl-Rónai) Budapest - Dombóvár - Kaposvár - Koprivnica - Zagreb Glavni Kol.
  • Int. Express services

Inland

  • Intercity services – IC
    • (Borostyánkő-Tűztorony, Claudius-Volt Fesztivál, Savaris-Scarbantia, Alpokalja-Kékfrankos, Répce-Sopron Bank)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Kelenföld - Tatabánya - Győr - Csorna / Répcelak - Szombathely / Sopron
    • Kelenföld Station after modernisation
      (Baranya, Dráva, Mecsek, PTE, Sopianae, Tenkes, Tettye, Tubes, Zengő)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Kelenföld - Sárbogárd - Pincehely - Dombóvár - Sásd - Szentlőric - Pécs
Preceding station   MÁV START   Following station
toward Zürich HB
Railjet
Terminus
toward München Hbf
Railjet
Terminus
toward Wien Hbf
EuroCity
Budapest-Ferencváros
toward Beograd
toward Wien Hbf
EuroCity
Budapest-Ferencváros
toward Nyíregyháza
Székesfehérvár
toward Ljubljana
EuroCity
Terminus
EuroCity
Budapest-Ferencváros
toward Belgrade
toward Wien Hbf
EuroNight
toward Bucharest
toward Zürich HB
EuroNight
Terminus
toward München Hbf
EuroNight
Terminus
Simontornya
InterCity
Terminus
toward Graz
InterCity
Terminus
Sárbogárd
toward Pécs
InterCity
Terminus

Public Transport

Kelenföld railway station is located in the 11th district of Budapest, Hungary.

  • Metro:
  • Tram: 1, 19, 49
  • Metro Station (M4, Green Line)
    Bus: 8E, 40, 40B, 40E, 53, 58, 87, 88, 88A, 88B, 101B, 101E, 103, 108E, 141, 150, 153, 154, 172, 173, 187, 188, 188E, 250, 250B, 251, 251A, 272
  • Regional bus: 689, 691, 710, 712, 715, 720, 722, 724, 725, 727, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 760, 762, 763, 767, 770, 774, 775, 777, 778, 798, 799
  • Nocturnal lines: 901, 907, 918

See also

References
  1. "Automated metro Line M4 opens in Budapest". Railway Gazette International. 28 March 2014.


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