Lehel tér metro station

Lehel tér is a station on the Budapest Metro M3 line. It opened on 30 December 1981 with the third phase of the M3 rollout. It was the first phase to run northbound from Deák tér on the line.^[2] The station's name comes from the square under which it is located. Consequently, from 1981 to 1990, the station was called Élmunkás tér, after which the square and the station changed to Lehel tér for the Hungarian chieftain Lehel.^[3]

Lehel tér
Budapest Metro station
General information
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Coordinates	47°31′03″N 19°03′38″E
Platforms	1 island platform
Construction
Structure type	Cut-and-cover underground
Depth	9.3 m
History
Opened	30 December 1981[1]
Closed	14 May 2022
Rebuilt	22 May 2023
Services
Preceding station Budapest Metro Following station Nyugati pályaudvar towards Kőbánya-Kispest Line 3 Dózsa György út towards Újpest-központ

The station was opened on 30 December 1981 as part of the extension of the line from Deák Ferenc tér.^[4] It was the temporary terminus of Line 3 between 1981 and 1984.^[5] On 7 November 1984, the line was extended to Árpád híd.^[4]

Connections

• Bus: 15
• Trolleybus: 76
• Tram: 14

References

1. Ágnes Medveczky Kovácsyné: 25 éves a budapesti metró ("Budapest Metro is 25 years old"), BKV, Budapest, 1995
2. "The past of metro line M3". Metro Renovation Project Directorate. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
3. Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
4. Schwandl, Robert. "Budapest". urbanrail.
5. 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