Budapest Metro

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Budapest Metro
Top: Örs vezér tere, terminus of metro line M2 Bottom: Metro line M4, a driverless metro line with real-time PIDS system at Kálvin tér, transfer station to metro line M3
Overview
Native name	Budapesti metró
Owner	Capital City of Budapest
Locale	Budapest, Hungary
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	48
Daily ridership	1.27 million (2009)[1]
Annual ridership	382.6 million (2023)[2]
Website	BKK Public Transport
Operation
Began operation	2 May 1896; 128 years ago (1896-05-02)
Operator(s)	Centre for Budapest Transport Budapest Transport Ltd. (BKV)
Technical
System length	39.4 km (24.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)[3]
System map Legend Újpest-Központ Újpest-Városkapu Gyöngyösi utca Forgách utca Göncz Árpád Városközpont Dózsa György út Mexikói út Lehel tér Széchényi fürdő Nyugati pályaudvar Hősök tere Arany János utca Bajza utca Kodály körönd Déli pályaudvar Vörösmarty utca Széll Kálmán tér Oktogon Batthyány tér Opera Kossuth Lajos tér Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út Deák Ferenc tér Vörösmarty tér Astoria Ferenciek tere Blaha Lujza tér Keleti pályaudvar II. János Pál pápa tér Puskás Ferenc Stadion Rákóczi tér Pillangó utca Kálvin tér Örs vezér tere Fővám tér Szent Gellért tér Corvin-negyed Móricz Zsigmond körtér Klinikák Újbuda-központ Nagyvárad tér Bikás park Népliget Kelenföld vasútállomás Ecseri út Pöttyös utca Határ út Kőbánya–Kispest Up and down correspond roughly to north and south, respectively This diagram: view talk edit

The Budapest Metro (Hungarian: Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. Opened in 1896, it is the world's second oldest electrified underground railway after the City and South London Railway of 1890, now a part of London Underground, and the third oldest underground railway with multiple stations, after the originally steam-powered Metropolitan Railway, now a part of London Underground (1863), and the Mersey Railway, now part of Merseyrail in Liverpool (1886).^[4]

Budapest's first line, Line 1, was completed in 1896.^[5][6] The M1 line became an IEEE Milestone due to the radically new innovations in its era: "Among the railway's innovative elements were bidirectional tram cars; electric lighting in the subway stations and tram cars; and an overhead wire structure instead of a third-rail system for power."^[7] In 2002, the M1 line was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[8]