Lehel tér metro station
Budapest metro station
Lehel tér is a station on the Budapest Metro M3 line. It opened on 30 December 1981 with the third phase of the M3 rollout. It was the first phase to run northbound from Deák tér on the line. The station's name comes from the square under which it is located. Consequently, from 1981 to 1990, the station was called Élmunkás tér, after which the square and the station changed to Lehel tér for the Hungarian chieftain Lehel.
The station was opened on 30 December 1981 as part of the extension of the line from Deák Ferenc tér. It was the temporary terminus of Line 3 between 1981 and 1984. On 7 November 1984, the line was extended to Árpád híd.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lehel tér metro station” as budapest metro station. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as budapest metro station. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2523452. Authority coordinates are 47.518, 19.061. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 1990 and 1984.
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