Line 3 (Budapest Metro)

Line 3
Overview
Stations 20
Line number Line 3 ("Blue metro")
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]
Route map

Metro 3

Legend
 Újpest–Központ
 Újpest–Városkapu HSR (MÁV)
 Gyöngyösi utca
 Forgách utca
 Árpád híd
 Dózsa György út
 Lehel tér
 Nyugati pályaudvar HSR (MÁV)
 Arany János utca
 Deák Ferenc tér
Ferenciek tere

 Kálvin tér
Corvin-negyed
 Klinikák
 Nagyvárad tér
 Népliget
 Ecseri út
 Pöttyös utca
 Határ út

 Kőbánya–Kispest HSR (MÁV)
 Detailed track map 
0
31
 Újpest–Központ
1
29
 Újpest–Városkapu HSR (MÁV)
3
27
 Gyöngyösi utca
5
25
 Forgách utca

7
24
 Árpád híd
8
22
 Dózsa György út
10
21
 Lehel tér
11
19
 Nyugati pályaudvar HSR (MÁV)
13
17
 Arany János utca

15
16
 Deák Ferenc tér
16
14
 Ferenciek tere
17
13
 Kálvin tér
19
11
 Corvin-negyed
20
10
 Klinikák
22
8
 Nagyvárad tér

24
7
 Népliget
26
5
 Ecseri út
27
4
 Pöttyös utca

29
2
 Határ út

31
0
 Kőbánya–Kispest HSR (MÁV)

The Metro 3 (Officially: M3, North-South Line, Unofficially: Blue Line) is the longest line of 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 Metro 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]

M3 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.

Sections[2][3] Opened Length Stations
Deák Ferenc tér - Nagyvárad tér 31 December 1976 4.1 km (3 mi) 6
Nagyvárad tér - Kőbánya-Kispest 29 March 1980 4.9 km (3 mi) 5
Deák Ferenc tér - Lehel tér 30 December 1981 2.4 km (1 mi) 3
Lehel tér - Árpád híd 5 November 1984 1.7 km (1 mi) 2
Árpád híd - Újpest-Központ 14 December 1990 3.4 km (2 mi) 4
Total 14 December 1990 16.5 km (10 mi) 20

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
2200, 2201, 2210
Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
3 Határ út 28 42, 50, 52
66, 66E, 84E, 89E, 94E, 99, 123, 123A, 194, 194B, 199
4 Pöttyös utca 27
5 Ecseri út 26 3
181, 281
7 Népliget 24 1
254E
626, 628, 629, 654, 660
(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, 115 		Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár, Hungarian National Museum
15 Ferenciek tere 16 5, 7, 8, 15, 107, 110, 112, 115, 133, 178, 233, 239
16 Deák Ferenc tér 15
47, 48, 49
9, 15, 16, 105, 115 		Deák Ferenc tér, Town Hall, Metro Museum (Földalatti Vasút 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
Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) 		Nyugati pályaudvar, WestEnd City Center
21 Lehel tér 10 14
76
15, 115 		Lehel csarnok
23 Dózsa György út 8 75, 79
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, 14
25, 30, 30A, 104, 104A, 147, 170, 196, 196A, 204, 220, 230, 270

Scheduled 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.

Scheduling the reconstruction of Metro Line 3 was finished by February 2016, according to which the project must finish by September 30, 2019.[7] The line is going to be reconstructed in two phases: first the routes north of Lehel tér and south of Nagyvárad tér will be reconstructed, then the section between those two stations.[8]

The first metro carriage was handed over in January 2016 to the Russian Metrowagonmash (the original manufacturer) to be reconstructed.[9] Tarlós had preferred buying new carriages, but he had been overwritten by the Orbán-government.[10]

The prototype of the reconstructed carriages was delivered on May 26, 2016.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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
  2. 1 2 3 Árpád Bodnár: A budapesti metró két évtizede ("Two decades of the Budapest Metro"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XXXI, Vol. 3, pp. 119-121, Budapest, 1991
  3. 1 2 3 Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
  4. ↑ Botond Aba: 30 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 30 years old"), Városi Közlekedés, Year XL, Vol. 2, pp. 71, Budapest, 2000
  5. ↑ Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
  6. ↑ "Announcement about the state of Metro Line 3 by Budapest Mass Transport Company˝".
  7. ↑ "Tarlós promises reconstruction of Metro Line 3 by 2019". 2016-02-05.
  8. ↑ "By Summer the first carriages will have been reconstructed". 2016-02-19.
  9. ↑ "Reconstruction of Metro Line 3's carriages starts". 2016-02-02.
  10. ↑ "Tarlós: reconstruction of the carriages of Metro Line 3 can start". 2014-09-25.
  11. ↑ "The first reconstructed metro carriage has arrived.". 2016-05-26.
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