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7.4 km long Metro Line M4 for Budapest/H

1 View of the elliptic opening for the escalator
1 View of the elliptic opening for the escalator

Opened with line M1 in 1896 when the Hungarian capital celebrated its millennium, the Budapest Metro is the second oldest Underground system in Europe – after the London Underground. Since then, the Budapest Metro network has been extended by adding lines M2 and M3 to line M1 and now a fourth line – M4 – is under construction. It will be 7.4  km long and connect the Kelenföld (south Buda) und Rákospalota (eastern Pest) quarters by sub-crossing the Danube. Once M4 is in operation, the Budapest Metro network will have 42 stations and a total length of 33  km. Planned and equipped for a fully...

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