Göncz Árpád városközpont station
M3 · Újpest-központ ↔ Kőbánya-Kispest
Opened 5 November 1984
Göncz Árpád városközpont — overview
For more than 35 years this was Árpád híd, named after the nearby Árpád Bridge over the Danube. The station under the junction of Váci út and Róbert Károly körút opened on 5 November 1984 and served as M3's northern terminus until 1990. On 31 January 2020 it took the name of the surrounding district centre, itself named after Árpád Göncz, a former president of Hungary, following a long political row over the change.
It is a shallow station 4.82 m below ground with side platforms, reached from an underpass beneath the junction. The track layout lets trains turn back and be stabled here, and the eight piers of the road flyover above were founded right through the station and its service areas.
The station's position on the line
Position on the M3 line:
Nearby attractions and places
A big interchange in District XIII near the Pest end of Árpád Bridge. Tram 1 meets the metro here, making it the usual change point for Óbuda across the river, and long-distance and regional buses also call nearby. The area is dominated by office towers and government buildings, including the national police headquarters, the State Treasury and the National Health Insurance Fund.
Straight-line distance from the station platforms. Source: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Surface transport connections
These routes stop within 250 m of the station (as the crow flies), according to BKK’s official timetable data (GTFS, October 2026). Night services keep running after the metro has closed.
Station facts
Opened
5 November 1984
Structure
shallow, about 4.8 m below ground
Step-free access
M3: step-free, with a lift down to the platform.
Earlier names
Árpád híd (1984–2020)
Renovation
2017–2019
Sources: Hungarian Wikipedia (station article) · step-free access: BKK GTFS, October 2026.
Other M3 stations
Frequently asked questions
M3: step-free, with a lift down to the platform. This comes from BKK’s official timetable data (GTFS); a lift can be temporarily out of service, which the BudapestGO app shows.
It opened in November 1984 as Árpád híd, when the line was extended from Lehel tér, and remained the end of the line for six years. After the 2017–2019 overhaul it reopened under the old name in March 2019; the new name only arrived in January 2020.
M3: Towards Kőbánya-Kispest the first is 4:28 and the last 23:48. Towards Újpest-központ the first is 4:51 and the last 0:11. At peak times trains run every 3–4 minutes.
Weekday timetable, from BKK’s official GTFS data (August 2026). Public holidays run to the Sunday timetable. Full timetable →