M1 motorway (Hungary)

The M1 motorway (Hungarian: M1-es autópálya) is a toll motorway in northwestern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Győr and Vienna. The first section of the motorway opened in the 1970s, reaching the Austrian border at Hegyeshalom in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 1 one-lane highway.

This article is about the highway in Hungary. For other M1 highways, see List of M1 roads.

M1 motorway
M1-es autópálya
in use other highways
Route information
Part of E60 / E65 / E75
Length171 km (106 mi)
Existed1964–present
HistoryCompleted: 1996
Major junctions
FromBudapest
 
  • M7 near Budaörs
  • M0 near Biatorbágy
  • 102 near Zsámbék
  • 13 near Komárom
  • M19, 813, 81, 82, 83, M85 near Győr
  • 86 in Mosonmagyaróvár
  • M15 near Lébény
ToHegyeshalom
A4 border with  Austria
Location
CountiesPest, Fejér, Komárom-Esztergom, Győr-Moson-Sopron
Major citiesBudapest, Tatabánya, Tata, Győr, Mosonmagyaróvár
Highway system
Junction near Budapest
The motorway between Vértes and Gerecse Mountains
Road near Tatabánya-Óváros
Near Kisigmánd
Near Győr-nyugat (M85 interchange)
Hungarian-Austrian border

Openings timeline
  • Budapest – Budaörs (7 and 12 km): 1964 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x3 lane in 1978-79)
  • Budaörs – Budakeszi (4 km): 1981 - half profile; (this section was extended in 1986)
  • Budakeszi – Zsámbék (9 km): 1986
  • Zsámbék – Bicske (13 km): 1985
  • Bicske – Tatabánya-north (28 km): 1982
  • Tatabánya-north – Komárom (20 km): 1975 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990)
  • Komárom – Győr-east (19 km): 1977 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990)
  • Győr-east – Győr-Ménfőcsanak (8 km): 1994
  • Győr-Ménfőcsanak – Győr-west (14 km): 1994
  • Győr-west – Hegyeshalom, Border station of (42 km): 1996

List of junctions, exits and rest area

Distance from Zero Kilometre Stone (Adam Clark Square) in Budapest in kilometres.

  • The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).
km Destinations Route Notes
6 Budapest, Budaörsi út 1
7		 Connection to Budapest via Budaörsi út.
The road has commons section as M7 motorway, Main road 1 and 7.
The eastern terminus of the motorway
7 Budaörs Connection to the City of Budapest via Egér út and Budaörs.
9 Budaörs 81101 Drive only towards Budapest. Shopping centers
10 Budaörs-kelet Eastern connection to Budaörs via Garibaldi utca.
Budaörsi pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL +
11 Budaörs-nyugat 8105 Western connection to Budaörs. Shopping centers
12 M1-M7 intersection M7 Connection to M7 motorway towards to  Croatia via Székesfehérvár, Lake Balaton, Nagykanizsa
14 Törökbálint, Budakeszi 8102 Connection to Nagytétény or Hűvösvölgy
15 Tópark Premier Outlet Center
16 M1-M0 interchange
(Budapest bypass)		 M0
E60
E75		 Connection to Székesfehérvár, Pécs, Szeged, Budapest International Airport, Szolnok, Nyíregyháza, Vác.
The eastern terminus of European routes E60/E75 concurrency
17 Biatorbágy 1 Drive only towards Budapest. Connection to eastern part Biatorbágy
22 Biatorbágy, Páty 1 Connection to western part of Biatorbágy and Business park
Sasfészek-tó pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL +
27 Zsámbék, Herceghalom 102
1101		 Connection to Pilisjászfalu
28 Zsámbéki pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL +
Border of Pest and Fejér Counties
39 Óbarok-Nagyegyháza, Bicske 1
43 Óbarok pihenőhely Rest area: OMV / OMV +
Óbarok-Nagyegyháza 8101 Not marked with a traffic sign
Szárliget 8113
Border of Fejér and Komárom-Esztergom Counties
54 Harkályos pihenőhely Rest area:
56 Tatabánya-Óváros 1 Connection to Óváros part of Tatabánya
57 Turul pihenőhely Rest area:
61 Tatabánya-Centrum 1 Connection to Downtown of Tatabánya
64 Remeteségi pihenőhely Rest area: Shell / Shell +
Tata-Remeteségpuszta Not marked with a traffic sign
67 Tata, Környe 8119 Connection to Csákvár
72 Grébics pihenőhely Rest area:
83 Igmánd pihenőhely Rest area:
85 Komárom, Kisbér 13
94 Ács, Bana, Bábolna 8151
Concó pihenőhely Rest area: OMV / OMV +
Border of Komárom-Esztergom and Győr-Moson-Sopron Counties
101 Nagyszentjános, Bőny 8152
107 Győr-kelet M19 Access route of Győr. Eastern connection to the city
112 Győrszentiván 813
8136		 Eastern bypass to Győr toward Vámosszabadi, Audi factory
115 Győr-iparterület 81 Connection to Industrial area of Győr and Kisbér, Székesfehérvár
119 Győr-Szabadhegy 82 Connection to Szabadhegy district of Győr and Pannonhalma, Veszprém
Arrabona pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / OMV +
123 Győr-Ménfőcsanak 83 Connection to Ménfőcsanak district of Győr and Pápa
Rába (Bridge - 355 m)
129 Győr-nyugat, Csorna M85
85		 Western connection to Szeged, towards to  Austria via Sopron and Szombathely
135 Börcs pihenő Rest area:
142 Lébény, Mecsér 8417
144 Lébény pihenő Rest area:
150 Hanság pihenő Rest area:
158 Lajta pihenőhely Rest area:
160 Mosonmagyaróvár, Szombathely 86
E65		 The eastern terminus of European routes E65
162 Mosoni pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL +
166 M1-M15 interchange M15
E65
E75		 Connection to M15 motorway, towards to  Slovakia
The western terminus of European routes E65/E75
168 Hegyeshalom-kelet 101 Eastern connection to Hegyeshalom
171 Hegyeshalom
172 Hegyeshalom (H) – Nickelsdorf (A) border crossing
Ost Autobahn → to Vienna, Austria

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by these highway engineers.

Payment

Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica); with a validity of either 10 days (3500 HUF), 1 month (4780 HUF) or 1 year (42980 HUF).[1]

2, county vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

Type of county vignetteAvailable section
Pest County between Egér Street junction and Bicske (7 km – 39 km)
Fejér County between Herceghalom and Tatabánya-Óváros (27 km – 56 km)
Komárom-Esztergom County between Bicske and Győrszentiván (39 km – 112 km)
Győr-Moson-Sopron County between Bábolna and Hegyeshalom [state border] (94 km – 172 km)

Toll-free section
  • From Border of Budapest to Egér Street section (5 km – 7 km) can be used free of charge.

European Route(s)
Name Route
155 km Ost Autobahn – junction (16)
150 km junction (166) – junction (16)
6 km junction (166) – Mosonmagyaróvár (160)

See also

References
  1. "National Toll Payment Services PLC". toll-charge.hu.
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