Kőbánya-Kispest metro station

Kőbánya-Kispest is the southern terminus of the M3 Line (North-South line) of the Budapest Metro. It is the only station of the line that is above ground. The station was opened on 20 April 1980 as part of the extension from Nagyvárad tér.[2]

Kőbánya-Kispest
Budapest Metro station
LocationBudapest
Hungary
Coordinates47°27′48″N 19°08′57″E
Platforms1 island platform
Construction
Structure typesurface terminus
History
Opened29 March 1980[1]
Rebuilt2011
Services
Preceding station   Budapest Metro   Following station
TerminusLine 3

The metro station is named after the train station next to the terminal, which lies on the border of the districts Kőbánya and Kispest. It is also a suburban bus terminal and a changing place of several city bus lines (68, 85, 85E, 93, 93A, 98, 98E, 136E, 148, 151, 182, 184, 193E, 200E - this run from here to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, 201E, 202E, 282E, 284E), making it the largest public transport hub in Southern-Pest. Hungarian people sometimes call this station Köki, which is short for Kőbánya-Kispest. Next to the station, there is a huge housing estate with concrete block of flats (Kispest microdistrict) and a shopping mall, named Köki Terminál. Bust of Ferenc Puskás is placed next to the shopping mall.

Connections
  • Bus: 68, 85, 85E, 93, 93A, 98, 98E, 136E, 148, 151, 182, 182A, 184, 193E, 200E, 202E, 282E, 284E
  • Regional bus: 575, 576, 577, 580, 581

References
  • Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
  1. Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Budapest". urbanrail.
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