Metro Line M2 (Budapest Metro)

Rapid transit line in Budapest, Hungary

Metro Line M2

Overview
Status| Operational
Line number| Line 2 ("Red metro")
Termini|

* Déli pályaudvar
* Örs vezér tere

Stations| 11
Service
Type| Rapid transit
System| Budapest Metro
Operator(s)| BKV
Rolling stock| AM5-M2
History
Opened| 2 April 1970
Technical
Line length| 10.3 km (6.4 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

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|  | Keleti pályaudvar |

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Batthyány tér |

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Danube

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Astoria
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Blaha Lujza tér
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Keleti pályaudvar |

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Puskás Ferenc Stadion
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Line 2 (officially: East-West Line, Metro 2 or M2, 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 Line 4, it was the only line that served Buda. Daily ridership is estimated at 350,000.[2]

## History

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The first plans for the second Budapest metro line were made in 1942, and the Council of Ministers authorised its construction in 1950.[3] Line 2 was originally planned to connect two major railway stations, Keleti (Eastern) and Déli (Southern) pályaudvar. The Council of Ministers wanted to complete the first section by 1954 between Deák Ferenc tér and Népstadion (today Puskás Ferenc Stadion), and the second section by 1955 between Déli pályaudvar and Deák Ferenc tér.[4] Construction was suspended for financial and political reasons from 1954 till 1963.[3] The ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party decided to restart the construction at a party congress in 1959.[4] It was finally opened with seven stations on April 2 (then a Communist holiday in Hungary) in 1970, and the second section in 1972.[3] The eastern end of the line was extended to Örs vezér tere, instead of Népstadion.[3] Operation started in 1970 with 3-car trains, expanded to 4-car trains soon after, and 5-car trains since 1972.[5] A major reconstruction of the track and stations was undertaken between 2004 and 2008, with new trains arriving in 2010. The new trains went into service two years later, in September 2012, and by April 2013 the line was solely served by new trains.

On December 5, 2016, an accident occurred on the line which involved an AM5-M2 rolling stock. An incoming train collided with a waiting train at the Pillangó utca metro station. This was the first serious accident in the history of the Budapest metro. The accident did not result in a fatality, but according to the prosecution, a total of twenty-one were injured, five of whom were classified as serious.[6]

M2 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).[7] 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

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Deák Ferenc tér \- Örs vezér tere | 1970  | 6.7 km (4.2 mi)  | 7
Déli pályaudvar \- Deák Ferenc tér | 1972  | 3.6 km (2.2 mi)  | 4
Total | 1972  | 10.3 km (6.4 mi)  | 11

## Rolling stock

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1970 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash Ev, Ev1
1980 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash 81-717.2/714.2
1998 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash 81-717.2M/714.2M
2000 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash EvA
2012 – present | Alstom Metropolis AM5-M2

## Stations and connections

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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, 221
Regional buses
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, 149, 155, 156, 221, 222
Regional buses | Post Palace Budapest, Városmajor
3:27 | Batthyány tér | 15:12 |
19, 41
11, 39, 111 |  Batthyány tér
Batthyány tér Market Hall
4:55 | Kossuth Lajos tér | 13:45 |  2, 2B, 23
70, 78
15 | Hungarian Parliament Building, Ethnographic Museum
6:55 | Deák Ferenc tér | 11:50 |
47, 48, 49

9, 16, 100E, 105, 178, 210, 210B, 216 |  Deák Ferenc tér
Town Hall, Metro Museum (Földalatti Vasúti Múzeum), St. Stephen's Basilica
8:35 | Astoria | 10:07 |  47, 48, 49
72, 74
5, 7, 8E, 9, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E | 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

5, 7, 7E, 8E, 99, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 217E | Boscolo Budapest Hotel
11:50 | Keleti pályaudvar | 6:50 |
23, 24
73, 76, 78, 79, 80
5, 7, 7E, 8E, 20E, 30, 30A, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 230
Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) | Keleti pályaudvar
Arena Plaza
14:35 | Puskás Ferenc Stadion
♿ | 4:07 |  1, 1M
75, 77, 80
95, 130, 195
Regional buses
Long-distance buses | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Kisstadion
16:25 | Pillangó utca
♿ | 2:10 |  10 | Kincsem Park
19:25 | Örs vezér tere
♿ | 0:00 |
3, 62, 62A
80, 82, 82A
10, 31, 32, 44, 45, 67, 85, 85E, 97E, 131, 144, 161, 161A, 161E, 168E, 169E, 174, 176E, 231, 244, 276E, 277
Regional buses
Long-distance buses |  Örs vezér tere
Árkád Budapest

## Gallery

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## References

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1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "BKK In Numbers". bkk.hu. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
3. ^ a b c d András Koós: A 2-es metróvonal infrastruktúrájának korszerűsítése ("Modernization of the Line 2"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 85, Budapest, 2000
4. ^ a b Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
5. ^ Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000
6. ^ "Prosecution for the December 2016 subway accident". ugyeszseg.hu (in Hungarian). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
7. ^ Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5

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* Vörösmarty tér
* Deák Ferenc tér
* Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út
* Opera
* Oktogon
* Vörösmarty utca
* Kodály körönd
* Bajza utca
* Hősök tere
* Állatkert (until 1973)
* Széchenyi fürdő
* Mexikói út

* Örs vezér tere
* Pillangó utca
* Puskás Ferenc Stadion
* Keleti pályaudvar
* Blaha Lujza tér
* Astoria
* Deák Ferenc tér
* Kossuth Lajos tér
* Batthyány tér
* Széll Kálmán tér
* Déli pályaudvar

* Kőbánya-Kispest
* Határ út
* Pöttyös utca
* Ecseri út
* Népliget
* Nagyvárad tér
* Semmelweis Klinikák
* Corvin-negyed
* Kálvin tér
* Ferenciek tere
* Deák Ferenc tér
* Arany János utca
* Nyugati pályaudvar
* Lehel tér
* Dózsa György út
* Göncz Árpád városközpont
* Forgách utca
* Gyöngyösi utca
* Újpest-városkapu
* Újpest-központ

* Kelenföld vasútállomás
* Bikás park
* Újbuda-központ
* Móricz Zsigmond körtér
* Szent Gellért tér – Műegyetem
* Fővám tér
* Kálvin tér
* Rákóczi tér
* II. János Pál pápa tér
* Keleti pályaudvar

* See also: Metro Line M5 (Budapest Metro)
* BKV
* BHÉV
* VEKE
* Underground Railway Museum

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