Szent Gellért tér – Műegyetem station
M4 · Kelenföld vasútállomás ↔ Keleti pályaudvar
Opened 28 March 2014
Szent Gellért tér — overview
At the foot of Gellért Hill, between the famous Gellért Baths and the Budapest University of Technology, this is one of the most striking stations in the city. It opened on 28 March 2014 as Szent Gellért tér and gained the suffix "Műegyetem" (University of Technology) in 2019. The square is named after St Gerard, patron saint of Budapest.
It lies more than 30 m below the surface, and the journey down is in two stages: escalators drop you on an intermediate level, from where another flight runs back the other way to the platform. Designed by Sporaarchitects, the vast bare-concrete cavern is lined with an intricate mosaic by artist Tamás Komoróczky. Together with Fővám tér it won ArchDaily's Building of the Year award in 2015.
The station's position on the line
Position on the M4 line:
Nearby attractions and places
Step out and you face the Art Nouveau Gellért Baths and hotel at the Buda end of Szabadság híd (Liberty Bridge). Behind rises Gellért Hill, with the Citadel lookout and the Cave Church cut into the rock. Along the river stand the buildings of the University of Technology, so expect plenty of students. It is the natural stop for a soak in the baths or a climb up the hill.
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
28 March 2014
Structure
deep-level, more than 30 m below ground
Step-free access
M4: step-free, with a lift down to the platform.
Earlier names
Szent Gellért tér (2014–2019)
Sources: Hungarian Wikipedia (station article) · step-free access: BKK GTFS, October 2026.
Other M4 stations
Frequently asked questions
M4: 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 28 March 2014 under the name Szent Gellért tér and was renamed Szent Gellért tér – Műegyetem in 2019. Construction was troubled: in 2008 the contractor was fined for unauthorised works, and the university’s “Ch” building above sank so much that evacuating it was discussed.
M4: Towards Kelenföld vasútállomás the first is 4:46 and the last 0:06. Towards Keleti pályaudvar the first is 4:33 and the last 23:53. 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 →