Határ út station
M3 · Újpest-központ ↔ Kőbánya-Kispest
Opened 29 March 1980
Határ út — overview
Határ út means "Border Road", and before Greater Budapest was formed this really was the edge of the capital. The metro station beneath it opened on 29 March 1980 with the M3's southern extension, and it was built so that the line could one day continue towards Ferihegy airport – an extension that has never happened.
Designed as a junction station, it has three tracks and lies just 4.86 m below ground. Trains normally use the two outer tracks; the middle one is a storage siding, sharing an island platform with northbound trains to Újpest-központ, while southbound trains to Kőbánya-Kispest have a platform of their own. It was closed for reconstruction from April 2019 to October 2020.
The station's position on the line
Position on the M3 line:
Nearby attractions and places
The platforms open into the underpass beneath the busy Határ út junction, one of southern Pest’s main interchanges. Buses and trams fan out from here to Pesterzsébet, Soroksár and the town of Gyál, and there is a shopping centre nearby. Most passengers are commuters from the southern districts and suburbs switching between surface transport and the metro.
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
29 March 1980
Structure
shallow (cut-and-cover), 4.86 m below ground
Step-free access
M3: step-free, with a lift down to the platform.
Renovation
2019–2020
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 on 29 March 1980. Plans drawn up in 1976 had a branch splitting off here to Kőbánya-Kispest while the main line carried on through Kispest to Ferihegy, so the station was built with three tracks. The Ferihegy extension was later cancelled.
M3: Towards Kőbánya-Kispest the first is 4:50 and the last 0:10. Towards Újpest-központ the first is 4:29 and the last 23:49. 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 →