Metro Line M3 (Budapest Metro)
| Metro Line M3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Line number | Line 3 ("Blue metro") | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 20 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Rapid transit | ||
| System | Budapest Metro | ||
| Operator(s) | BKV | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | December 31, 1976 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 16.5 km (10 mi)[1] | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | 825 V DC | ||
| Operating speed | 80 km/h[2] | ||
| |||
Metro 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line 3 (Officially: North-South Line, Metro 3 or M3, and unofficially: Blue Line) is the third and longest line of the Budapest Metro. It runs in a general north-south direction parallel to the Danube on the Pest side, roughly following Váci út south from Újpest to the city center, then following the route of Üllői út southeast to Kőbánya-Kispest. Its daily ridership is estimated at 626,179. Like Line 1, it does not serve Buda.
History
The first decree for the third line was made in 1968,[3] construction started in 1970, the first section was opened in 1976 with six stations. The southern direction was complemented with five more stations in 1980, and the northern one in 1981, 1984, and 1990 with nine stations, reaching its current length of 20 stations and 16.5 km (10 mi), the longest line in Budapest.[2][3] Soviet-made 81-717/714 carriages (prevalent in many Eastern Bloc metro systems) operate on this line. Operation started with 4 units in 1976, expanded to 6 units in 1984.[4] Six unit-trains provide space for 1,097 people.[1] It was planned for a daily ridership of 800,000 people.[1]
Line 3 runs in a north-south direction (more exactly, from north-northeast to southeast) through the city and connects several populous microraion with the downtown.[5] It has a transfer station with Line 1 and Line 2 at Deák Ferenc tér, and a transfer station for Line 4 at Kálvin tér.
Timeline
| Segment[2][3] | Date opened | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Deák Ferenc tér – Nagyvárad tér | 31 December 1976 | 4.1 km |
| Nagyvárad tér – Kőbánya–Kispest | 29 March 1980 | 4.9 km |
| Deák Ferenc tér – Lehel tér | 30 December 1981 | 2.4 km |
| Lehel tér – Árpád híd | 5 November 1984 | 1.7 km |
| Árpád híd – Újpest–Központ | 14 December 1990 | 3.4 km |
| Total | 20 Stations | 16.5 km |
Stations and connections
  Kőbánya-Kispest – Újpest-Központ
| ||||
| Travel Time minutes |
Station | Travel Time minutes |
Connection | Buildings / Monuments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Kőbánya-Kispest | 31 |  68, 85, 85E, 93, 93A, 98, 98E, 136E, 148, 151, 182, 184, 193E, 200E, 201E, 202E, 282E, 284E 575, 576, 577, 580, 581Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) |
|
| 3 | Határ út | 28 |  42, 50, 52 66, 66B, 66E, 84E, 89E, 94E, 99, 123, 123A, 194, 194B, 199, 294E |
|
| 4 | Pöttyös utca | 27 | ||
| 5 | Ecseri út | 26 | 3 181, 281 |
|
| 7 | Népliget | 24 | 1 254E 607, 608, 626, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 636, 654, 655, 660, 661, 705 (Volánbusz) |
Népliget, Groupama Arena, Planetarium |
| 9 | Nagyvárad tér | 22 | 24 281 |
Semmelweis University Nagyvárad Téri Elméleti Tömb (NET), Hungarian Natural History Museum, Ludovika Military Academy |
| 11 | Klinikák | 20 | Semmelweis University Clinic | |
| 12 | Corvin-negyed | 19 | 4, 6 |
Museum of Applied Arts |
| 14 | Kálvin tér | 17 |   47, 47B, 48, 49 83 9, 15, 100E, 115 |
Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár, Hungarian National Museum |
| 15 | Ferenciek tere | 16 | 5, 7, 8E, 15, 108E, 110, 112, 115, 133E, 178 |
|
| 16 | Deák Ferenc tér | 15 |   47, 48, 49 9, 16, 100E, 105 |
Deák Ferenc tér, Town Hall, Metro Museum (Földalatti Vasúti Múzeum) |
| 18 | Arany János utca | 13 | 72, 73 9, 15, 115 |
St. Stephen's Basilica |
| 19 | Nyugati pályaudvar | 12 | 4, 6 72, 73 9, 26, 91, 191, 226, 291 Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) |
Nyugati pályaudvar, WestEnd City Center |
| 21 | Lehel tér | 10 | 12M, 14M 76 15, 34, 106, 115 |
Lehel csarnok |
| 23 | Dózsa György út | 8 | 75, 79 34, 106 |
|
| 24 | Árpád híd | 7 | 1 26, 32, 34, 106, 115, 120 800, 801, 805, 810, 815, 820, 830, 831, 832, 840 |
|
| 26 | Forgách utca | 5 | 32 |
|
| 28 | Gyöngyösi utca | 3 | 15, 105  |
|
| 30 | Újpest-Városkapu | 1 | 104, 104A, 121, 122, 196, 196A, 204 300, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 872, 880, 882, 883, 884, 889, 890, 893 Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) |
|
| 31 | Újpest-Központ | 0 | 12, 12M, 14M 25, 30, 30A, 104, 104A, 147, 170, 196, 196A, 204, 220, 230, 270 |
|
Ongoing Reconstruction
Mayor of Budapest Gábor Demszky was warned in 2006[6] by BKV that the line would soon need reconstruction, but no steps towards this were made before the new mayor István Tarlós took office in 2010. The trains started burning or smoking multiple times, but this has caused neither fatalities nor serious injuries as of yet. Tarlós reacted by ordering the retirement of all trains that were more than 40 years old. He also started the reconstruction of the tracks, because they were also reported as hazardous. In 2014 the mayor's administration finished laying out the plans for the complete reconstruction of the line and Viktor Orbán's government allowed the local government to finance the reconstruction of the trains by taking up loans. Repayment of the loans was guaranteed by the national government in case the municipal government was not able to pay. The municipal government requested EU funds to finance the reconstruction of the underground infrastructure (tunnels and stations), the national government assured it would provide financing in case no or less EU funds were obtained than the necessary amount.
The first metro train was handed over in January 2016 to the Russian Metrowagonmash (the original manufacturer) to be reconstructed.[7] Tarlós had preferred buying new trains, but he had been overwritten by the Orbán-government.[8] The prototype of the reconstructed trains entered service on March 20, 2017.[9] Since then, the number of reconstructed trains serving the line is scheduled to increase by 2 trains every month.
On September 4th, 2017 the contracts for reconstructing the whole tunnel and the stations of the northern section were signed, thus effectively starting the reconstruction. The stations will be finished by December 31st, 2018. After this phase, the stations of the middle- and the southern sections will be reconstructed, the order of these two phases is not yet decided. Overhauling the tunnel is set to end by August 24th, 2020. [10]
Gallery
-
Újpest-Központ -
Újpest-Központ -
Újpest-Városkapu -
Gyöngyösi utca -
Forgách utca -
Árpád híd -
Dózsa György út -
Lehel tér -
Nyugati pályaudvar -
Nyugati pályaudvar -
Arany János utca -
Deák Ferenc tér -
Ferenciek tere -
Kálvin tér -
Kálvin tér -
Kálvin tér -
Corvin-negyed -
Klinikák -
Nagyvárad tér -
Népliget -
Ecseri út -
Pöttyös utca -
Határ út -
Határ út -
Határ út -
-
-
-
Kőbánya-Kispest (2005) -
Kőbánya-Kispest -
First reconstructed train, Pöttyös utca
References
- ^ a b c András Koós - Tamás Szirmay - Jenő Tiborcz: A budapesti 3-as metróvonal új szakasza ("The new section of Budapest Metro Line 3"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 1, pp. 126-127, Budapest, 1991
- ^ a b c Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991
- ^ a b c Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
- ^ Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000
- ^ Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
- ^ "Announcement about the state of Metro Line 3 by Budapest Mass Transport Company˝".
- ^ "Reconstruction of Metro Line 3's trains starts". 2016-02-02.
- ^ "Tarlós: reconstruction of the trains of Metro Line 3 can start". 2014-09-25.
- ^ "The first reconstructed train on Line M3 enters service". 2017-03-20.
- ^ "Contracts of Metro Line 3 reconstruction signed". 2017-09-04.
 |  | |
|---|---|---|
 | ||
 | ||
 | ||
