Introduction

Budapest West Station is one of the three main railway stations in Budapest (along with Budapest East and South Station), in the 6th arrondissement.

In 1846, Hungary's first railway line, the end of the Pace-Watt line, was built here. In order to build the big ring road (Nagykörút), the old station was demolished. The new station was built by Eiffel and opened on October 28, 1877.

The Nyugati tér, next to the station, is a transport hub, Teréz körút, Szent István körút, Váci út. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út meets here, with several bus lines, trams 4 and 6 and the West Station of Budapest Metro Line 3.

The Hungarian National Railway opens a shuttle bus between the station and the Budapest International Airport Terminal 1, which takes approximately 25 minutes to run, costs 365 Hungarian Forints, runs 2-3 times per hour.

Platform

The station layout is simple. Most international and domestic express trains depart from Central Station platform 10-13, while Central Station is only a few steps away from the main hall directly opposite the train station.

subway

(1) The underground station of Budapest West Station is closer to the city centre and the tourist center of Budapest than the Keleti train station.

(2) The Budapest West Railway Station is located in a smarter area of ​​the town than Keleti. In fact, this is a good place to be used as a base for exploring the city.

(3) The EC train's current travel time has been shortened by about 20 minutes. In the past, he had to bypass Budapest for half a lap to reach the Keleti station.