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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Millennium Underground canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic transport infrastructure
metro line
underground railway
alsoKnownAs M1 (Budapest Metro)
linked to: Budapest Metro
builtFor Millennium celebrations of Hungary in 1896
character underground
connects Mexikói út
Vörösmarty tér
linked to: Vörösmarty Square
constructionMethod cut-and-cover
constructionStartDate 1894
continent Europe
country Hungary
currentTerminus Mexikói út
Vörösmarty tér
linked to: Vörösmarty Square
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 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 Zrt.
originalName Franz Joseph Underground Electric Railway
linked to: Budapest Metro
originalTerminus Széchenyi fürdő
Vörösmarty tér
linked to: Vörösmarty Square
owner Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt.
partOf Budapest Metro
safetySystem automatic train protection
serves Andrássy Avenue
servesDistrict Budapest city centre
linked to: Central Budapest

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

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Budapest Metro Line 1 alsoKnownAs Millennium Underground
subject linked to: Budapest Metro
Metro Line 1 (Millennium Underground) alsoKnownAs Millennium Underground
Opera station servedByLine Millennium Underground