Line 2 (Budapest Metro)

Line 2
Overview
Stations 11
Line number Line 2 ("Red metro")
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]
Route map

Metro 2

Legend
 Déli pályaudvar HSR (MÁV)
 Széll Kálmán tér
 Batthyány tér
Danube
 Kossuth Lajos tér
 Deák Ferenc tér
Astoria
 Blaha Lujza tér

 Keleti pályaudvar HSR (MÁV)
 Puskás Ferenc Stadion

 Pillangó utca
 Örs vezér tere
 Detailed track map 
0
18
 Déli pályaudvar HSR (MÁV)
1
16
 Széll Kálmán tér
3
15
 Batthyány tér
Danube
4
13
 Kossuth Lajos tér

6
11
 Deák Ferenc tér
9
10
 Astoria
10
8
 Blaha Lujza tér
11
6
 Keleti pályaudvar HSR (MÁV)
14
4
 Puskás Ferenc Stadion

15
2
 Pillangó utca
18
0
 Örs vezér tere

The Metro 2 (officially: M2, East-West Line, 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.

Prior to the 2014 opening of Metro 4, it was the only line that served Buda. Daily ridership is estimated at 451,627.

History

The first plans for the present-day two lines were made in 1942, and the Council of Ministers' decree enacted its building in 1950.[2] Metro 2 was originally planned to connect two major railway stations, Keleti (Eastern) and Déli (Southern) pályaudvar. They wanted to complete the first section by 1954 between Deák Ferenc tér and Népstadion (today Puskás Ferenc Stadion), the second section by 1955 between Déli pályaudvar and Deák Ferenc tér.[3] The construction was ceased for financial and political reasons from 1954 till 1963,[2] the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party decided to restart the construction on a party congress in 1959.[3] It was finally opened with seven stations on April 4 (then a Communist holiday in Hungary) in 1970, and the second section in 1972.[2] The eastern section was extended to Örs vezér tere, instead of Népstadion.[2] Operation started in 1970 with 3 units, expanded to 4 units soon after. There are five unit-trains on Line 2 since 1972.[4] A major reconstruction of the track and the stations was undertaken between 2004 and 2008, with new trains arriving in 2010.

It 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).[5] 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
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

Stations and connections

Déli pályaudvar – Örs vezér tere
Travel Time
min:sec		 Station Travel Time
min:sec		 Connection Buildings / Monuments
0:00 Déli pályaudvar 18:25 17, 56, 56A, 59, 59A, 59B, 61
21, 21A, 39, 102, 139, 140, 140A, 142
1256
Hungarian 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
15, 115
 Kossuth Lajos tér
Hungarian Parliament Building, Ethnographic Museum
6:55 Deák Ferenc tér 11:50
47, 48, 49
9, 15, 16, 105, 115 		Deák Ferenc tér
Town Hall, Metro Museum (Földalatti Vasút Múzeum), St. Stephen's Basilica
8:35 Astoria 10:07 47, 47B, 48, 49
74
5, 7, 8E, 9, 15, 108E, 110, 112, 115, 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, 230
Hungarian 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991
  2. 1 2 3 4 András Koós: A 2-es metróvonal infrastruktúrájának korszerűsítése ("Modernization of the Line 2"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 85, Budapest, 2000
  3. 1 2 Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
  4. ↑ Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000
  5. ↑ Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
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