Budapest Nyugati railway station
- Budapest Nyugati railway station
Budapest nyugati pályaudvar (Hungarian for Budapest Western Railway Station) is a railway station in the northern part of the old town of Budapest. It is one of the three main railway stations of Budapest (together with Keleti pályaudvar and Déli pályaudvar) and can be found in the 6th district.
The station was planned by August de Serres and was built by the Eiffel company. It was opened on October 28, 1877. Previously another station stood in its place, the end station of Hungary's first railway line, the Pest–Vác line (constructed in 1846). This building was pulled down in order to construct the Nagykörút.
The station gave name to the immediately adjacent Nyugati tér, a major intersection where Teréz körút, Szent István körút, Váci út, and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út converge. The square also serves as a transportation hub with several bus lines, tram 4 and 6, and a station of the M3 line of the Budapest Metro.
Hungarian State Railways runs regular service between the station and Budapest Ferihegy International Airport's Terminal 1. The trip takes approximately 25 minutes, costs 300HUF, and runs 2-3 times per hour. [http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/mav_launches/ MÁV launches direct rail link to Ferihegy Airport]
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