Eastern Railway Station (Budapest)
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for Budapest East railway station is the largest among the three main railway stations (together with Nyugati pu and Déli pu) in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. It can be found in the 8th district (Józsefváros
Józsefváros
Józsefváros is the 8th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the part of the city centre in the wider sense as one of the 18-19th century older suburbs, close to Belváros.-Location:...
), on Baross Square.
The building was constructed in eclectic style between 1881 and 1884 and was one of the most modern railway stations of Europe in that time. It was planned by Gyula Rochlitz
Gyula Rochlitz
Gyula Rochlitz was a Hungarian architect.Born in Nagyrőce, Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1825, Rochlitz completed his studies at Vienna University of Technology before commencing work at the Hungarian Railways where he became chief architect of the Budapest Railway Directorate in the late 19th century...
and János Feketeházy.
The main façade is adorned with two statues of James Watt and George Stephenson
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...
.
Keleti pályaudvar is also a station of the M2 (East-West) line of the Budapest Metro
Budapest Metro
The Budapest Metro is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground. Its iconic Line 1, dating from 1896, was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002.-Lines:The Metro consists of three lines,...
. The metro station's length is 193 m, the platform length is 180 m, underground depth is 14 m. From about 2015 on, it will be a station of the Line 4 (Budapest Metro)
Line 4 (Budapest Metro)
The Metro 4 , currently under construction, is the fourth line of Budapest Metro, and is expected to open in 2014 or 2015....
, too.
It is also planned that fast train service would connect this railway station with the Budapest Ferihegy International Airport
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport , formerly known as Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, is the international airport serving the Hungarian capital city of Budapest, and the largest of the country's five international airports. The airport offers international connections primarily...
, maybe from 2009 on. The fact that the majority of Intercity
Inter-city rail
Inter-city rail services are express passenger train services that cover longer distances than commuter or regional trains.There is no precise definition of inter-city rail. Its meaning may vary from country to country...
services (36 out of 53) arrive at this railway station makes this decision more probable. Also, recently, almost all international trains serving Budapest call at Keleti station. http://index.hu/politika/belfold/budapest/train2462/
From Budapest Keleti provides connections as well as international destinations:
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