Metro Line M2 (Budapest Metro)
Line 2 (officially: East-West Line, Metro 2 or M2, and unofficially: Red Line) is the second line of the Budapest Metro. The line runs east from Déli pályaudvar in north-central Buda under the Danube to the city center, from where it continues east following the route of Rákóczi út to its terminus at Örs vezér tere.
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| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Line number | Line 2 ("Red metro") | ||
| Termini | Déli pályaudvar Örs vezér tere | ||
| Stations | 11 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Rapid transit | ||
| System | Budapest Metro | ||
| Operator(s) | BKV | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | April 2, 1970 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 10.3 km (6 mi)[1] | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | 825 V DC | ||
| Operating speed | 70 km/h[1] | ||
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Prior to the 2014 opening of Line 4, it was the only line that served Buda. Daily ridership is estimated at 451,627.[2]
History
The first plans for the second Budapest metro line were made in 1942, and the Council of Ministers authorised its construction in 1950.[3] Line 2 was originally planned to connect two major railway stations, Keleti (Eastern) and Déli (Southern) pályaudvar. The Council of Ministers wanted to complete the first section by 1954 between Deák Ferenc tér and Népstadion (today Puskás Ferenc Stadion), and the second section by 1955 between Déli pályaudvar and Deák Ferenc tér.[4] Construction was suspended for financial and political reasons from 1954 till 1963.[3] The ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party decided to restart the construction at a party congress in 1959.[4] It was finally opened with seven stations on April 2 (then a Communist holiday in Hungary) in 1970, and the second section in 1972.[3] The eastern end of the line was extended to Örs vezér tere, instead of Népstadion.[3] Operation started in 1970 with 3-car trains, expanded to 4-car trains soon after, and 5-car trains since 1972.[5] A major reconstruction of the track and stations was undertaken between 2004 and 2008, with new trains arriving in 2010. The new trains went into service two years later, in September 2012, and by April 2013 the line was solely served by new trains.
M2 runs in an east-west direction through the city, and it was the first metro line to cross the River Danube and reach Buda (the western part of Budapest).[6] It has a transfer station with Line 1 and Line 3 at Deák Ferenc tér, and a transfer station for Line 4 at Keleti pályaudvar.
| Sections[1] | Opened | Length | Stations |
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| Deák Ferenc tér - Örs vezér tere | 1970 | 6.7 km (4 mi) | 7 |
| Déli pályaudvar - Deák Ferenc tér | 1972 | 3.6 km (2 mi) | 4 |
| Total | 1972 | 10.3 km (6 mi) | 11 |
Rolling stock
| Time period | Name |
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| 1970 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash Ev, Ev1 |
| 1980 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash 81-717.2/714.2 |
| 1998 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash 81-717.2M/714.2M |
| 2000 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash EvA |
| 2012 – present | Alstom Metropolis AM5-M2 |
Stations and connections
  Déli pályaudvar – Örs vezér tere | ||||
| Travel Time min:sec |
Station | Travel Time min:sec |
Connection | Buildings / Monuments |
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| 0:00 | Déli pályaudvar | 18:25 |  17, 56, 56A, 59, 59A, 59B, 61 21, 21A, 39, 102, 139, 140, 140A, 142 1256Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) | Déli pályaudvar |
| 1:40 | Széll Kálmán tér | 17:00 | 4, 6, 17, 56, 56A, 59, 59A, 59B, 61 5, 16, 16A, 21, 21A, 22, 22A, 39, 91, 102, 116, 128, 129, 139, 140, 140A, 142, 149, 155, 156, 222 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 789, 794, 795 | Post Palace Budapest, Városmajor |
| 3:27 | Batthyány tér | 15:12 |   19, 41 11, 39, 109, 111   | Batthyány tér Batthyány tér Market Hall |
| 4:55 | Kossuth Lajos tér | 13:45 | 2 70, 78, City 15, 115 | Kossuth Lajos tér Hungarian Parliament Building, Ethnographic Museum |
| 6:55 | Deák Ferenc tér | 11:50 |   47, 48, 49 9, 16, 100E, 105 | Deák Ferenc tér Town Hall, Metro Museum (Földalatti Vasúti Múzeum), St. Stephen's Basilica |
| 8:35 | Astoria | 10:07 | 47, 47B, 48, 49 74 5, 7, 8E, 9, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 178 | ELTE-Faculty of Humanities (BTK), Danubius Hotel Astoria, Dohány Street Synagogue |
| 10:02 | Blaha Lujza tér | 8:40 | 4, 6, 28, 28A, 37, 37A, 62 74 5, 7, 7E, 8E, 99, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 178, 217E | Boscolo Budapest Hotel |
| 11:50 | Keleti pályaudvar | 6:50 |  24 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 80A 5, 7, 7E, 8E, 20E, 30, 30A, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 178, 230Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) | Keleti pályaudvar Arena Plaza |
| 14:35 | Puskás Ferenc Stadion ♿ | 4:07 | 1 75, 77, 80, 80A 95, 130, 195 396, 397, 398, 399, 485, 486, 2100, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114 1020, 1021, 1024, 1031, 1032, 1034, 1035, 1037, 1039, 1040, 1045, 1046, 1049, 1050, 1052, 1054, 1057, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1063, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1520 | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Kisstadion |
| 16:25 | Pillangó utca ♿ | 2:10 | 100 | Kincsem Park |
| 19:25 | Örs vezér tere ♿ | 0:00 |   3, 62, 62A 80, 81, 82 31, 32, 44, 45, 67, 85, 85E, 97E, 100, 131, 144, 161, 161A, 168E, 169E, 174, 176E, 231, 244, 261E, 276E, 277 1002 484, 485, 486, 490, 505, 510, 2104, 2105, 2107, 2110 1040, 1049, 1070, 1075, 1077, 1078 | Örs vezér tere Árkád Budapest |
Gallery
Déli pályaudvar
Széll Kálmán tér
Széll Kálmán tér
Batthyány tér
Batthyány tér
Batthyány tér
Deák Ferenc tér
Deák Ferenc tér
Deák Ferenc tér
Deák Ferenc tér
Keleti pályaudvar
Alstom Metropolis train at Keleti pályaudvar
Puskás Ferenc Stadion
Pillangó utca
Örs vezér tere
Örs vezér tere
References
- Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991
- "Budapest's subway lines" (pdf). uvaterv.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- András Koós: A 2-es metróvonal infrastruktúrájának korszerűsítése ("Modernization of the Line 2"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 85, Budapest, 2000
- Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
- Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000
- Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
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