Budapest Keleti pályaudvar (often abbreviated Budapest Keleti pu), Hungarian for Budapest East railway station is the largest among the three main railway stations (together with Nyugati pu and Déli pu) 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.
Picture from 1905.
Also, recently, almost all international trains serving Budapest call at Keleti station. From Budapest Keleti provides connections as well as international destinations :
* Belgrade (Serbia)
* Bratislava (Slovakia)
* Bucharest, Sibiu, Timişoara, (Romania)
* Ljubliana (Slovenia)
* Kiev, Lvov (Ukraine)
* Vienna, Graz, (Austria)
* Split (Croatia)
* Zagreb (Croatia)
* Berlin, München, Hamburg, (Germany)
* Prague (Czech Republic)
* Sofia, Varna (Bulgaria)
* Moscow, Bryansk, Kaluga (Russia)
* Venice (Italy)
* Zürich (Switzeland)
Source - Wikipedia
From Keleti station, you can go to airports Ferihegy1 and Ferihegy2 on two ways.
1) Red Metro line M2 toward Deli station, go three stations until Deak square. There take Blue Metro line M3 toward Ujpest until Nyugati station. From Nyugati station go railway toward Ferihegy1, ticket for the railway costs 300 forint.
2) Blue Metro line until last station Kobanya, and after with bus line 200E (this is for flights from Ferihegy2, but you can reach also Ferighegy1)
Near Keleti station is Arena Plaza. That is Hungary's biggest, most modern and only regional shopping centre and is conveniently located just 5 minutes from the Eastern Railway Station. Arena Plaza’s shops and restaurants are open from 10h to 21h from Monday to Saturday and from 10h to 19h on Sundays.
Arena Plaza has almost 200 stores, including many world famous brands such as Peek & Cloppenburg, Zara, H&M, Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, Oysho or Gant - some of whom opened their first shops in the Arena Plaza. And there are almost 30 restaurants and cafés in the centre, including Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Burger King as well as Häagen Dazs and Tchibo, who’ve opened their very first Hungarian shop in Arena Plaza.
Here you’ll also find the biggest Tesco hypermarket in Budapest , covering more than a 10,000 sqm. And Cinema City have opened Central-East-Europe’s biggest multiplex cinema in the centre - the only IMAX cinema in Hungary.
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.
Picture from 1905.
Also, recently, almost all international trains serving Budapest call at Keleti station. From Budapest Keleti provides connections as well as international destinations :
* Belgrade (Serbia)
* Bratislava (Slovakia)
* Bucharest, Sibiu, Timişoara, (Romania)
* Ljubliana (Slovenia)
* Kiev, Lvov (Ukraine)
* Vienna, Graz, (Austria)
* Split (Croatia)
* Zagreb (Croatia)
* Berlin, München, Hamburg, (Germany)
* Prague (Czech Republic)
* Sofia, Varna (Bulgaria)
* Moscow, Bryansk, Kaluga (Russia)
* Venice (Italy)
* Zürich (Switzeland)
Source - Wikipedia
From Keleti station, you can go to airports Ferihegy1 and Ferihegy2 on two ways.
1) Red Metro line M2 toward Deli station, go three stations until Deak square. There take Blue Metro line M3 toward Ujpest until Nyugati station. From Nyugati station go railway toward Ferihegy1, ticket for the railway costs 300 forint.
2) Blue Metro line until last station Kobanya, and after with bus line 200E (this is for flights from Ferihegy2, but you can reach also Ferighegy1)
Near Keleti station is Arena Plaza. That is Hungary's biggest, most modern and only regional shopping centre and is conveniently located just 5 minutes from the Eastern Railway Station. Arena Plaza’s shops and restaurants are open from 10h to 21h from Monday to Saturday and from 10h to 19h on Sundays.
Arena Plaza has almost 200 stores, including many world famous brands such as Peek & Cloppenburg, Zara, H&M, Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, Oysho or Gant - some of whom opened their first shops in the Arena Plaza. And there are almost 30 restaurants and cafés in the centre, including Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Burger King as well as Häagen Dazs and Tchibo, who’ve opened their very first Hungarian shop in Arena Plaza.
Here you’ll also find the biggest Tesco hypermarket in Budapest , covering more than a 10,000 sqm. And Cinema City have opened Central-East-Europe’s biggest multiplex cinema in the centre - the only IMAX cinema in Hungary.
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