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(Redirected from Aréna út metro station) Budapest metro station
Hősök tere
Budapest Metro station
Station entrance with Heroes' Square behind
General information
LocationHősök tere, Budapest
Hungary
Coordinates47°30′52″N 19°04′37″E / 47.51438°N 19.07690°E / 47.51438; 19.07690
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typecut-and-cover underground
History
Opened2 May 1896
Services
Preceding station Logo of Budapest Metro Budapest Metro Following station
Bajza utcatowards Vörösmarty tér Line 1 Széchenyi fürdőtowards Mexikói út

Hősök tere is a station of the yellow M1 line of the Budapest Metro. Formerly called Aréna út station, it lies under Hősök tere (Heroes' Square) at the outer end of Andrássy Avenue.

The station was opened on 2 May 1896 as part of the inaugural section of the Budapest Metro, between Vörösmarty tér and Széchenyi fürdő. This section, known as the Millennium Underground Railway, was the first metro system in continental Europe. In 2002, it was included into the World Heritage Site "Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue".

Until 1973, the line came to the surface just beyond Hősök tere and followed an indirect surface alignment through the Városliget (City Park), passing the intermediate Állatkert station to a surface terminus at Széchenyi fürdő. In 1973 the line was diverted at Hősök tere and extended to a new terminus at Mexikói út station. The new extension followed a new underground route beneath the park, with a new intermediate station at the site of the previous terminus. Állatkert station was closed.

The station has two side platforms, each with its own independent access from the street.

  • The former tunnel exit The former tunnel exit
  • The station platform The station platform
  • Platform with train Platform with train


Connections

  • Bus: 20E, 30, 30A, 105, 210, 210B, 230
  • Trolleybus: 72, 75, 79

References

  1. Schwandl, Robert. "Budapest". urbanrail.
  2. "Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue". UNESCO.
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