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Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út metro station

Coordinates: 47°29′58″N 19°03′18″E / 47.4994°N 19.055°E / 47.4994; 19.055
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Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út
Budapest Metro station
General information
LocationBudapest
Hungary
Coordinates47°29′58″N 19°03′18″E / 47.4994°N 19.055°E / 47.4994; 19.055
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typecut-and-cover underground
History
Opened1896
Rebuilt1970
Services
Preceding station   Budapest Metro   Following station
Template:Budapest Metro lines

Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út (Bajcsy-Zsilinszky street) is a station of the yellow M1 (Millennium Underground) line of the Budapest Metro. The station was opened on 2 May 1896 as part of the inaugural section of the Budapest Metro, between Vörösmarty tér and Széchenyi fürdő.[1] This section, known as the Millennium Underground Railway, was the first mostro 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".[2]

It is named for Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky a member of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party and leader of the resistance who was executed toward the end of the Second World War. It was formerly named Váczy körút.

Connections

  • Bus: 9, 105

Gallery

References

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