Budapest Xperience

Budapest Keleti pályaudvar , Hungarian for Budapest Eastern Railway Station is the largest among the three main railway stations (together with Nyugati pályaudvar and Déli pályaudvar) in Budapest. It can be found in the 8th district (Józsefváros), 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 and János Feketeházy.

The main façade is adorned with two statues of James Watt and George Stephenson.

Keleti pályaudvar is also a station of the M2 (East-West) line of the Budapest Metro. The metro station’s length is 93 m, the platform length is 80 m, underground depth is 14 m. From about 2011 on, it will be a station of the M4 line, too.

It is also planned that fast train service would connect this railway station with the Budapest Ferihegy International Airport. The fact that the majority of Intercity 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.

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