Budapest - West Station Nyugati tér (Nyugati pályaudvar)
Nyugati tér (formerly Marx tér), which from 1978 was redesigned and extended at considerable expense, is also the busy forecourt of the West Station (Nyugati pályaudvar), a protected building which was erected in the 1870s by the Parisian firm of Eiffel. The first trains on Hungarian territory were run in 1846 from this site.
Opposite the station stands the famous "Skala" department store, around which in recent years "gray" and "black" market trading has developed to a degree unequalled elsewhere.
Opposite the station stands the famous "Skala" department store, around which in recent years "gray" and "black" market trading has developed to a degree unequalled elsewhere.
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