Underground Railway Museum, Transport museum beneath Deák Ferenc square, Budapest, Hungary
This museum occupies a former tunnel section of the M1 metro line beneath Deák Ferenc square. Inside, restored vintage carriages and transportation objects from different eras are displayed to show how the system evolved.
The museum was founded in 1975 to preserve the history of continental Europe's first underground railway, which opened in 1896. This line marked a turning point for urban mobility in the late 19th century.
The entrance hall displays the inscription "Gizella tér" in Zsolnay glazed tile, taken from the original city-centre terminus, now Vörösmarty tér station. The permanent exhibition is titled "The History of the Underground Railway and the Metro, from Construction to the Present Day". At the 1975 opening, admission was a tram ticket that had to be punched at the door.
The museum is reached through the pedestrian underpass linking Deák Ferenc square with the metro station, not through a ticket office. It occupies a walled-off 60-metre stretch of the original M1 tunnel, and the permanent exhibition is titled "The History of the Underground Railway and the Metro, from Construction to the Present Day". It opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10 to 17.
The entrance hall displays the inscription "Gizella tér" in Zsolnay glazed tile, salvaged from the original city-centre terminus, now Vörösmarty tér station. The museum opened on 26 October 1975, and the first visitors paid with a tram ticket punched at the door.
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