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)
Etele Square with former station building
General information
LocationEtele tér
1115 Budapest
Hungary
Coordinates47°27′52″N 19°01′13″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
Services
Preceding station MÁV START Following station
Tatabánya
towards München Hbf
 Railjet Express Budapest Keleti
Terminus
Tatabánya
towards Zürich HB
Tatabánya
towards Graz Hbf
 InterCity
Simontornya
towards Gyékényes
Simontornya
towards Kaposvár
Tatabánya
towards Ljubljana
Sárbogárd
towards Pécs
Tatabánya
towards Sopron
Székesfehérvár
towards Split
Tatabánya
towards Szentgotthárd
Székesfehérvár
towards Szombathely
 Budapest Déli
Terminus
Székesfehérvár
towards Keszthely
Székesfehérvár
towards Zalaegerszeg
Székesfehérvár
towards Tapolca
Székesfehérvár
towards Nagykanizsa
Székesfehérvár
towards Ljubljana
Tatabánya
towards Wien Hbf
 EuroCity Budapest Keleti
Terminus
Budapest Keleti
towards Chop
Budapest Keleti
towards Cluj Napoca
Tatabánya
towards Salzburg Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf or Zürich HB
 EuroNight
Kálmán Imre
 Budapest Keleti
Terminus
Székesfehérvár
towards Zagreb
 Expresszvonat Budapest Déli
Terminus
Tatabánya
towards Wien Hbf
 Dacia–Corvin Express Ferencváros
towards Bucharest North
Érd alsó
towards Balatonszentgyörgy
 InterRegio Budapest Déli
Terminus
Székesfehérvár
towards Balatonfüred
Biatorbágy
towards Győr
 S10
Budaörs
towards Oroszlány
 S12
Budafok
towards Pusztaszabolcs
 S40
Budafok
towards Dunaújváros
 S42
Érd alsó
towards Székesfehérvár
 Z30
Biatorbágy
towards Tatabánya
 G10 Ferencváros
towards Budapest Keleti
Budafok
towards Székesfehérvár
 G43 Ferencváros
towards Kőbánya-Kispest
Albertfalva
towards Tárnok
 S36
Location
Kelenföldi vasútállomás is located in Budapest
Kelenföldi vasútállomás
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

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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