Kelenföld railway station

Kelenföld railway station (Hungarian: Kelenföldi vasútállomás or incorrectly Kelenföldi pályaudvar, and until 2007 officially Budapest-Kelenföld) is among Budapest's four busiest railway stations (the others are Keleti pu, Déli pu and Nyugati pu). Opened in 1861, it is situated south-west of the city centre, in Újbuda or District XI in the suburb Kelenföld.

Kelenföld railway station Kelenföldi vasútállomás (Hungarian)
Etele Square with former station building
General information
Location	Etele tér 1115 Budapest Hungary
Coordinates	47°27′52″N 19°01′13″E
Owned by	Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
Line(s)	Budapest–Hegyeshalom Budapest–Székesfehérvár Budapest–Pusztaszabolcs
Platforms	16
Connections	Metro: Tram: 1, 19, 49
History
Opened	1861
Services Preceding station MÁV START Following station Tatabánya towards München Hbf Railjet Express Budapest Keleti Terminus Tatabánya towards Zürich HB Tatabánya towards Graz Hbf InterCity Simontornya towards Gyékényes Simontornya towards Kaposvár Tatabánya towards Ljubljana Sárbogárd towards Pécs Tatabánya towards Sopron Székesfehérvár towards Split Tatabánya towards Szentgotthárd Székesfehérvár towards Szombathely Budapest Déli Terminus Székesfehérvár towards Keszthely Székesfehérvár towards Zalaegerszeg Székesfehérvár towards Tapolca Székesfehérvár towards Nagykanizsa Székesfehérvár towards Ljubljana Tatabánya towards Wien Hbf EuroCity Budapest Keleti Terminus Budapest Keleti towards Chop Budapest Keleti towards Cluj Napoca Tatabánya towards Salzburg Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf or Zürich HB EuroNight Kálmán Imre Budapest Keleti Terminus Székesfehérvár towards Zagreb Expresszvonat Budapest Déli Terminus Tatabánya towards Wien Hbf Dacia–Corvin Express Ferencváros towards Bucharest North Érd alsó towards Balatonszentgyörgy InterRegio Budapest Déli Terminus Székesfehérvár towards Balatonfüred Biatorbágy towards Győr S10 Budaörs towards Oroszlány S12 Budafok towards Pusztaszabolcs S40 Budafok towards Dunaújváros S42 Érd alsó towards Székesfehérvár Z30 Biatorbágy towards Tatabánya G10 Ferencváros towards Budapest Keleti Budafok towards Székesfehérvár G43 Ferencváros towards Kőbánya-Kispest Albertfalva towards Tárnok S36
Location Kelenföldi vasútállomás Location within Budapest

Today, Kelenföld is an extremely busy station, with almost all passenger and freight services operated by Hungarian Railways towards Transdanubia passing through.

The station is served by Kelenföld vasútállomás metro station and is the terminus of the Line 4 of the Budapest Metro which opened on 28 March 2014.

Next to the station there is a suburban Volánbusz bus terminal.

As of 2024, the old station building is undergoing renovations and is set to become a part of the Hungarian Technical and Transportation Museum.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Railjet services
  • Budapest - Tatabánya- Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg Hbf
  • Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - München Hbf
  • Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - Innsbruck - Zürich Hb
• EuroCity services – EC
  • (Lehár) Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Wien Westbf
  • (Hortobágy) Nyíregyháza - Debrecen - Szolnok - Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Wien Westbf
  • (Avala) Belgrade - Novi Sad - Subotica - Kiskunhalas - Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Wien Westbf

Since the completion of "Wien Hauptbahnhof" (Wien Hbf) all trains to and from Budapest go via Wien Hbf.

• • (Citadella) Budapest - Székesfehérvár - Veszprém - Zalaegerszeg - Celje - Ljubljana
• EuroNight services – EN
  • (Kálmán Imre) Budapest - Tatabánya - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - München Hbf
• Int. InterCity services – IC
  • (Rába) Budapest Tatabánya - Győr - Szombathely - Graz Hbf
  • (Agram, Rippl-Rónai) Budapest - Dombóvár - Kaposvár - Koprivnica - Zagreb Glavni Kol.
• Int. Express services
  • (Dacia) Wien Westbf - Győr - Tatabánya - Budapest - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Deva - Brasov - București Nord

Inland

• Intercity services – IC
  • (Borostyánkő-Tűztorony, Claudius-Volt Fesztivál, Savaris-Scarbantia, Alpokalja-Kékfrankos, Répce-Sopron Bank)
    Bp-Keleti pu. - Kelenföld - Tatabánya - Győr - Csorna / Répcelak - Szombathely / Sopron

  • 

    Kelenföld Station after modernisation

    (Baranya, Dráva, Mecsek, PTE, Sopianae, Tenkes, Tettye, Tubes, Zengő)
    Bp-Keleti pu. - Kelenföld - Sárbogárd - Pincehely - Dombóvár - Sásd - Szentlőric - Pécs

Public Transport

Kelenföld railway station is located in the 11th district of Budapest, Hungary.

• Metro:
• Tram: 1, 19, 49

• 

  Metro Station (M4, Green Line)

  Bus: 8E, 40, 40B, 40E, 53, 58, 87, 88, 88A, 88B, 101B, 101E, 103, 108E, 141, 150, 153, 154, 172, 173, 187, 188, 188E, 250, 250B, 251, 251A, 272
• Regional bus: 689, 691, 710, 712, 715, 720, 722, 724, 725, 727, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 760, 762, 763, 767, 770, 774, 775, 777, 778, 798, 799
• Nocturnal lines: 901, 907, 918

See also

• Kelenföld vasútállomás (Budapest Metro)