Nagyvárad tér station
M3 · Újpest-központ ↔ Kőbánya-Kispest
Opened 31 December 1976
Nagyvárad tér — overview
Just 7.06 m below the crossing of Üllői út and Haller utca–Orczy út, this shallow, cut-and-cover station with a central island platform was where line M3 began its life. It opened on 31 December 1976 as the southern terminus of the first section, hosted the opening ceremony, and stayed the end of the line until March 1980.
It became a terminus again during the 2019–2022 renovation works, with trains reversing on a siding towards Népliget. The station itself was the very last to be rebuilt: closed from 14 May 2022, it reopened on 22 May 2023, the day the line's five-and-a-half-year reconstruction was declared complete. Escalators lead up to the underpass below the junction.
The station's position on the line
Position on the M3 line:
Nearby attractions and places
The square is named after the city of Nagyvárad, now Oradea in Romania. Several hospitals and Semmelweis University medical buildings surround it, and the Orczy-kert park is nearby, so patients, visitors and health workers make up a large share of passengers. Residents of the nearby estates also come here to change to the trams or head into the centre.
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
31 December 1976
Structure
shallow (cut-and-cover), 7.06 m below ground
Step-free access
M3: step-free, with a lift down to the platform.
Renovation
2022–2023
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.
On 31 December 1976, together with the first M3 section from Deák Ferenc tér. For more than three years it was the line’s southern end, until the extension to Kőbánya-Kispest opened in spring 1980. As the last station of the 2017–2023 renovation, it reopened on 22 May 2023.
M3: Towards Kőbánya-Kispest the first is 4:44 and the last 0:04. Towards Újpest-központ the first is 4:35 and the last 23:55. 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 →