Line 2 (Budapest Metro)
Line number	Line 2 ("Red metro")
Technical
Line length	10.3 km
Track gauge	1435 mm
Electrification	825 V DC
Operating speed	70 km/h
Route map

Metro 2
Déli pályaudvar - HSR tr. Moszkva tér Batthyány tér - HÉV tr. Kossuth Lajos tér Deák Ferenc tér - M1, M3 tr. Astoria Blaha Lujza tér Keleti pályaudvar - HSR tr. Stadionok Pillangó utca Örs vezér tere - HÉV tr.

The Metro 2 (Officially: M2) is the second line of Budapest Metro. It connects the western Déli pályaudvar, and the eastern Örs vezér tere. Daily ridership: 451,627.

[edit] History

The first plans for the present-day two lines were made in 1942, and the Council of Ministers' decree enacted its building in 1950. Metro 2 was originally planned to connect two major railway stations, Keleti (Eastern) and Déli (Southern) pályaudvar. They wanted to complete it by 1955, but construction was ceased for financial and political reasons from 1954 till 1963. It was finally opened with seven stations on April 4 (a Communist holiday in Hungary) in 1970. A major reconstruction of the track and the stations was undertaken between 2004 and 2008, with new trains arriving in 2009.

It runs in an east-west direction, and as yet it is the only line in operation to cross the River Danube and reach Buda (the western part of Budapest). It has a joint station with metro lines 1 and 3 at Deák Ferenc Square, and a future transfer point for the fourth line is under construction at Keleti Pályaudvar station.

• 1970: Deák Ferenc tér - Örs vezér tere
• 1972: Deák Ferenc tér - Déli pályaudvar

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Keleti pályaudvar

Kossuth Lajos tér

Batthyány tér

v • d • e Budapest Metro Line 1 Vörösmarty tér – Deák Ferenc tér 2 3 – Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út – Opera – Oktogon – Vörösmarty utca – Kodály körönd – Bajza utca – Hősök tere – Széchenyi fürdő – Mexikói út Line 2 Déli pályaudvar – Moszkva tér – Batthyány tér – Kossuth Lajos tér – Deák Ferenc tér 1 3 – Astoria – Blaha Lujza tér – Keleti pályaudvar – Stadionok – Pillangó utca – Örs vezér tere Line 3 Kőbánya-Kispest – Határ út – Pöttyös utca – Ecseri út – Népliget – Nagyvárad tér – Klinikák – Ferenc körút – Kálvin tér – Ferenciek tere – Deák Ferenc tér 1 2 – Arany János utca – Nyugati pályaudvar – Lehel tér – Dózsa György út – Árpád híd – Forgách utca – Gyöngyösi utca – Újpest-Városkapu – Újpest-Központ Line 4 Under Construction Kelenföldi pályaudvar – Tétényi út – Bocskai út – Móricz Zsigmond körtér – Szent Gellért tér – Fővám tér – Kálvin tér – Rákóczi tér – Népszínház utca – Keleti pályaudvar See also: BKV - HÉV - VEKE

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