Photo Report: Latest News & Views Of Budapest's Metro Line 4
- 7 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
When completed, Metro 4 will be a 7.4-km, dual tunnel line with ten stations and fully automated, driver less trains.The line runs from Kelenföldi Railway Station in West Buda, through Tétényi út, Bocskai út, Móricz Zsigmond körtér, Gellért tér, where it crosses under the Danube to Fővám tér, going on to Kálvin tér, Rákóczi út, Népszínház utca, and reaches its Pest terminus at Keleti Railway Station on the east side of downtown Pest.
The project has reached approx. 75% level of completion, with passenger trial operation being planned for the first quarter of 2014. The photos recently shot provide a fine glimpse of the magnitude of the works, the state-of-the-art technology and the impressive architecture.
M4 Station at Keleti Railway Station: sunlight illuminating the underground platforms
The tunnel: packed with hi-tech
The depot for the maintenance and storage of the rolling stock and the Control Centre of the entire automated line
Tétényi út station: superb architecture
Bocskai út station: almost complete
Móricz Zsigmond körtér station
The crossover between Móricz and Gellért: one of the most complex structures of the line
Szent Gellért tér station: the impressive design big fitted
Szent Gellért tér station: the deepest on the line
Fővám tér station: the escalator shaft rising high
Fővám tér station: a complex of struts
Rákóczi tér station: escalators covered already waiting to be used; the two pipes in the middle will bring sunlight down to platform level
Source and more info: metro4.hu
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