Metro Line M2 (Budapest Metro)

Metro Line M2
Overview
StatusOperational
Line numberLine 2 ("Red metro")
Termini
Stations11
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBudapest Metro
Operator(s)BKV
Rolling stockAM5-M2
History
Opened2 April 1970
Technical
Line length10.3 km (6.4 mi)[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification825 V DC
Operating speed70 km/h[1]
Route map
Metro 2
Déli pályaudvar
Hungarian State Railways
Széll Kálmán tér
Batthyány tér
Kossuth Lajos tér
Deák Ferenc tér
Astoria
Blaha Lujza tér
Keleti pályaudvar
Hungarian State Railways
Puskás Ferenc Stadion
Pillangó utca
Örs vezér tere
Detailed track map
0
18
Déli pályaudvar
Hungarian State Railways
1
16
Széll Kálmán tér
3
15
Batthyány tér
4
13
Kossuth Lajos tér
6
11
Deák Ferenc tér
9
10
Astoria
10
8
Blaha Lujza tér
11
6
Keleti pályaudvar
Hungarian State Railways
14
4
Puskás Ferenc Stadion
15
2
Pillangó utca
18
0
Örs vezér tere

Line 2 (officially: East-West Line, Metro 2 or M2, and unofficially: Red Line) is the second line of the Budapest Metro. The line runs east from Déli pályaudvar in north-central Buda under the Danube to the city center, from where it continues east following the route of Rákóczi út to its terminus at Örs vezér tere.

Prior to the 2014 opening of Line 4, it was the only line that served Buda. Daily ridership is estimated at 350,000.[2]

  1. ^ a b Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991
  2. ^ "BKK In Numbers". bkk.hu. Retrieved 2021-02-10.