Semmelweis Klinikák station
M3 · Újpest-központ ↔ Kőbánya-Kispest
Opened 31 December 1976
Semmelweis Klinikák — overview
The way in is a low, single-storey building on the corner of Üllői út and Szigony utca, from which escalators lead straight down to a platform 20.07 m underground. Behind it is a five-tunnel station with a central island platform, opened on 31 December 1976 with the first section of line M3 and known simply as Klinikák ("Clinics") until 2019.
Its current name points to Semmelweis University, Budapest's medical school, whose clinics cluster around Ludovika tér. During the renovation of the central section, trains passed through without stopping from July 2020, and the station reopened together with Corvin-negyed and Kálvin tér on 14 May 2022. Thanks to that entrance building, passengers come up straight onto the street with no underpass in between.
The station's position on the line
Position on the M3 line:
Nearby attractions and places
This is the city’s hospital quarter: Semmelweis University buildings line Üllői út, and the green spaces of Orczy-kert open up towards Ludovika tér. The station is used above all by patients and visitors, doctors, nurses and medical students, along with residents of the surrounding Józsefváros and Ferencváros streets heading into town.
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
deep-level, 20.07 m below ground
Step-free access
M3: step-free, with a lift down to the platform.
Earlier names
Klinikák
Renovation
2020–2022
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.
When it opened on 31 December 1976 the station was simply Klinikák, after the university clinics nearby. In 2019 it was renamed Semmelweis Klinikák to name the university explicitly, and the renovated station reopened in May 2022.
M3: Towards Kőbánya-Kispest the first is 4:42 and the last 0:02. Towards Újpest-központ the first is 4:37 and the last 23:57. 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 →