Metro Line M2 (Budapest Metro)
{{Short description|Rapid transit line in Budapest, Hungary}}
{{Infobox rail line
| logo = Budapest M2 Metro.svg
| logo_width = 200px
| linenumber = Line 2 ("Red metro")
| stock = AM5-M2
| linelength = {{convert|10.3|km|abbr=on}}Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991
| type = Rapid transit
| system = Budapest Metro
| status = Operational
| stations = 11
| start = Déli pályaudvar
| end = Örs vezér tere
| open = 2 April 1970
| operator = BKV
| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}}
| electrification = 825 V DC
| map = 250px
}}
{{Line 2 (Budapest Metro)}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://bkk.hu/en/about-bkk/about-us/bkk-in-numbers/|title=BKK In Numbers|website=bkk.hu|access-date=2021-02-10}}
History
The first plans for the second Budapest metro line were made in 1942, and the Council of Ministers authorised its construction in 1950.András Koós: A 2-es metróvonal infrastruktúrájának korszerűsítése ("Modernization of the Line 2"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 85, Budapest, 2000 Line 2 was originally planned to connect two major railway stations, Keleti (Eastern) and Déli (Southern) pályaudvar. The Council of Ministers wanted to complete the first section by 1954 between Deák Ferenc tér and Népstadion (today Puskás Ferenc Stadion), and the second section by 1955 between Déli pályaudvar and Deák Ferenc tér.Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995 Construction was suspended for financial and political reasons from 1954 till 1963. The ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party decided to restart the construction at a party congress in 1959. It was finally opened with seven stations on April 2 (then a Communist holiday in Hungary) in 1970, and the second section in 1972. The eastern end of the line was extended to Örs vezér tere, instead of Népstadion. Operation started in 1970 with 3-car trains, expanded to 4-car trains soon after, and 5-car trains since 1972.Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000 A major reconstruction of the track and stations was undertaken between 2004 and 2008, with new trains arriving in 2010. The new trains went into service two years later, in September 2012, and by April 2013 the line was solely served by new trains.
On December 5, 2016, an accident occurred on the line which involved an AM5-M2 rolling stock. An incoming train collided with a waiting train at the Pillangó utca metro station. This was the first serious accident in the history of the Budapest metro. The accident did not result in a fatality, but according to the prosecution, a total of twenty-one were injured, five of whom were classified as serious.{{cite web|url=http://ugyeszseg.hu/vademeles-a-2016-decemberi-metrobaleset-ugyeben/|title=Prosecution for the December 2016 subway accident|website=ugyeszseg.hu|date=2020-01-20|access-date=2021-02-13|language=hu}}
M2 runs in an east–west direction through the city, and it was the first metro line to cross the River Danube and reach Buda (the western part of Budapest).Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, {{ISBN|978-963-03-9124-5}} It has a transfer station with Line 1 and Line 3 at Deák Ferenc tér, and a transfer station for Line 4 at Keleti pályaudvar.
| class="wikitable"
!Opened !Length !Stations | |
| Deák Ferenc tér - Örs vezér tere
|1970 |{{convert|6.7|km | abbr=on}}
|7 |
| Déli pályaudvar - Deák Ferenc tér
|1972 |{{convert|3.6|km | abbr=on}}
|4 |
| Total
|1972 |{{convert|10.3|km | abbr=on}}
|11 |
Rolling stock
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| class="wikitable" | |
| Time period | Name |
|---|---|
| 1970 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash Ev, Ev1 |
| 1980 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash 81-717.2/714.2 |
| 1998 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash 81-717.2M/714.2M |
| 2000 – 2013 | Metrovagonmash EvA |
| 2012 – present | Alstom Metropolis AM5-M2 |
Stations and connections
| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#DD0000;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 18px 18px Déli pályaudvar – Örs vezér tere | ||||
| width="5%"|Travel Time min:sec !width="17%"|Station !width="5%"|Travel Time !width="27%"|Connection ! Buildings / Monuments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Déli pályaudvar | 18:25 | align=left|20px 17, 56, 56A, 59, 59A, 59B, 61 20px 21, 21A, 39, 102, 139, 140, 140A, 221 20px Regional buses 20px Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) | Déli pályaudvar |
| 1:40 | Széll Kálmán tér | 17:00 | align=left|20px 4, 6, 17, 56, 56A, 59, 59A, 59B, 61 20px 5, 16, 16A, 21, 21A, 22, 22A, 39, 91, 102, 116, 128, 129, 139, 140, 140A, 149, 155, 156, 221, 222 20px Regional buses | Post Palace Budapest, Városmajor |
| 3:27 | Batthyány tér | 15:12 | align=left|File:Budapest H5 HÉV.svg 20px 19, 41 20px 11, 39, 111 | 20px Batthyány tér Batthyány tér Market Hall |
| 4:55 | Kossuth Lajos tér | 13:45 | align=left|20px 2, 2B, 23 20px 70, 78 20px 15 | Hungarian Parliament Building, Ethnographic Museum |
| 6:55 | Deák Ferenc tér | 11:50 | align=left|File:Budapest M1 Metro.svg File:Budapest M3 Metro.svg 20px 47, 48, 49 20px 72 20px 9, 16, 100E, 105, 178, 210, 210B, 216 | 20px Deák Ferenc tér Town Hall, Metro Museum (Földalatti Vasúti Múzeum), St. Stephen's Basilica |
| 8:35 | Astoria | 10:07 | align=left|20px 47, 48, 49 20px 72, 74 20px 5, 7, 8E, 9, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E | ELTE-Faculty of Humanities (BTK), Danubius Hotel Astoria, Dohány Street Synagogue |
| 10:02 | Blaha Lujza tér | 8:40 | align=left|20px 4, 6, 28, 28A, 37, 37A, 62 20px 74 20px 5, 7, 7E, 8E, 99, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 217E | Boscolo Budapest Hotel |
| 11:50 | Keleti pályaudvar | 6:50 | align=left|File:Budapest M4 Metro.svg 20px 23, 24 20px 73, 76, 78, 79, 80 20px 5, 7, 7E, 8E, 20E, 30, 30A, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 230 20px Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) | Keleti pályaudvar Arena Plaza |
| 14:35 | Puskás Ferenc Stadion ♿ | 4:07 | align=left|20px 1, 1M 20px 75, 77, 80 20px 95, 130, 195 20px Regional buses 20px Long-distance buses | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Kisstadion |
| 16:25 | Pillangó utca ♿ | 2:10 | align=left|20px 10 | Kincsem Park |
| 19:25 | Örs vezér tere ♿ | 0:00 | align=left|File:Budapest H8 HÉV.svg File:Budapest H9 HÉV.svg 20px 3, 62, 62A 20px 80, 82, 82A 20px 10, 31, 32, 44, 45, 67, 85, 85E, 97E, 131, 144, 161, 161A, 161E, 168E, 169E, 174, 176E, 231, 244, 276E, 277 20px Regional buses 20px Long-distance buses | 20px Örs vezér tere Árkád Budapest |
Gallery
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Déli pályaudvar, 10.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Széll Kálmán tér, 37.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Batthyány tér, 25.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Kossuth Lajos tér, 20.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Deák Ferenc tér, 29.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Deák Ferenc tér, 69.jpg
File:Budapest, 2-es metró, Astoria.jpg
File:Budapest, Astoria, aluljáró, 3.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Blaha Lujza tér, 19.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Keleti pályaudvar, 11.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Puskás Ferenc Stadion, 34.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Pillangó utca, 4.jpg
File:Budapest, M2 metró, Örs vezér tere, 14.jpg