M4 MAIN INFORMATION

Construction commencement:
23 January 2006

End of the construction works:
28 March 2014

Line length:
7.34 km (between Etele tér and Baross tér)

Internal diameter of the running tunnels:
5.2 metres

Tunnelling period:
170 weeks

Track gauge:
1.435 metres

Number of stations:
10

Depth of stations:
14.5–31 metres

Length of station-box structures:
69-257 metres

Length of station platforms:
80 m

Type of station:
middle platform

The names of the stations:
Kelenföld vasútállomás
Bikás park
Újbuda-központ
Móricz Zsigmond körtér
Szent Gellért tér
Fővám tér
Kálvin tér
Rákóczi tér
II. János Pál pápa tér
Keleti pályaudvar

Planned number of passengers:
300–360 thousand passengers per day (on completed Stage 1)

Number of trains:
15 sets (4 open-gangway cars each)

Type of system:
automatic train control (driverless)

FINANCING

Total budget:
HUF 452.5 billion

Cohesion Fund:
HUF 180.8 billion

Hungarian state:
HUF 193.7 billion

Budapest Municipality:
HUF 78 billion

Of which EIB loan:
HUF 15 billion

Beneficiary:
Budapest Municipality

Intermediate Body:
Integrated Intermediate Body for Transport Development (KIKSZ)

Employer:
BKV Zrt. DBR Metro Project Directorate