Millennium Underground

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Millennium Underground is the historic Line 1 of the Budapest Metro, notable as the oldest electrified underground railway line on the European continent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic transport infrastructure
metro line
underground railway
alsoKnownAs Budapest Metro
surface form: M1 (Budapest Metro)
builtFor Millennium of Hungary celebrations
surface form: Millennium celebrations of Hungary in 1896
character underground
connects Mexikói út
Vörösmarty Square
surface form: Vörösmarty tér
constructionMethod cut-and-cover
constructionStartDate 1894
continent Europe
country Hungary
currentTerminus Mexikói út
Vörösmarty Square
surface form: Vörösmarty tér
electrification electric railway
electrificationSystem overhead line
hasHungarianName Millenniumi Földalatti Vasút
hasLanguageOfName Hungarian
hasRollingStockType electric multiple unit
hasRouteColor yellow
hasSignificance early example of electric urban rail transit in Europe
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageInscriptionYear 2002
heritagePartOf Banks of the Danube, Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
surface form: Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component
infrastructureType light metro
isAmong oldest metro lines in the world
lineNumber Line 1
locatedIn Budapest
Hungary
notableFor oldest electrified underground railway line on the European continent
numberOfStations 11
numberOfTracks 2
openingDate 1896-05-02
operator Budapesti Közlekedési Vállalat
surface form: Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt.
originalName Budapest Metro
surface form: Franz Joseph Underground Electric Railway
originalTerminus Széchenyi Thermal Bath
surface form: Széchenyi fürdő

Vörösmarty Square
surface form: Vörösmarty tér
owner Budapesti Közlekedési Vállalat
surface form: Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt.
partOf Budapest Metro
safetySystem automatic train protection
serves Andrássy Avenue
servesDistrict Central Budapest
surface form: Budapest city centre

City Park (Városliget)
systemLength approximately 4.4 km
trackGauge 1435 mm
transportMode rapid transit

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Budapest Metro alsoKnownAs Millennium Underground
subject surface form: Budapest Metro Line 1
Metro Line 1 (Millennium Underground) alsoKnownAs Millennium Underground
Opera station servedByLine Millennium Underground