Western Railway Station, Budapest
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N 47° 30.614 E 019° 03.395
34T E 353665 N 5263697
Western Railway Station, Budapest
Waymark Code: WMAAR7
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Date Posted: 12/15/2010
Views: 37
This railway station is one of the most known stations of Budapest.
It is high importance of the international railway relations.
Easy to reach by public transportation.
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 - Grand Boulevard which is now smaller than the outer ringroad (Hungária körút - Hungary Boulevard) and the recently opened express ringroad M0 (2008).
The station gave name to the immediately adjacent Nyugati tér (Western Square), a major intersection where Teréz körút (Theresia Boulevard), Szent István körút (Saint Stephen Boulevard), Váci út (Váci Avenue), and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út (Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Avenue) 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.
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: Yes
Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?:
Jelenleg Esztergom, Szob, Záhony, Szeged, Lajosmizse felé indulnak innen vonatok.
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Pest–Vác line
Station/Depot Web Site: [Web Link]
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