Kőbánya-Kispest station
M3 · Újpest-központ ↔ Kőbánya-Kispest
Opened 29 March 1980
Kőbánya-Kispest — overview
The southern end of line M3 is the only station on the line above ground, set right beside Kőbánya-Kispest railway station on the Budapest–Záhony main line. Planners first wanted the terminus at the Red Star Tractor Factory in Kispest, but construction began here instead in 1978, and on 29 March 1980 a futuristic building by György Kővári opened, with orange panels, octagonal windows and red steel beams.
After 1990 it filled up with small shops and grew dark and run-down. Work on the KöKi Terminál began in 2008: everything except the footbridge to the railway platforms was demolished, and the new station was built into the shopping centre. Passengers got the metro station back, in temporary form, on 3 September 2011. It closed again from April 2019 to October 2020 for the southern-section reconstruction.
The station's position on the line
Position on the M3 line:
Nearby attractions and places
Locals call it “KöKi”, and it is the biggest transport hub in southern Pest: metro, mainline trains, a suburban bus terminal and a long list of city buses, including the 200E to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. The KöKi Terminál mall is built around the station, with a bust of footballer Ferenc Puskás outside and the Kispest housing estate beyond. The M3’s Kőér utca depot is nearby.
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
at surface level
Step-free access
M3: step-free, with a lift down to the platform.
Renovation
2011, 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.
Construction started in 1978 and the station opened on 29 March 1980 to a design by György Kővári. That building was pulled down for the KöKi Terminál project; the new metro station opened on 3 September 2011, and the shopping centre followed on 14 October 2011.
M3: Towards Kőbánya-Kispest the first is 4:53 and the last 0:13. Towards Újpest-központ the first is 4:26 and the last 23:46. 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 →