The M1 motorway () is a toll motorway in northwestern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Győr and Vienna. The first section of the motorway opened in the 1970s, reaching the Austrian border at Hegyeshalom in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 1 one-lane highway.
Openings timeline Budapest – Budaörs (7 and 12 km): 1964 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x3 lane in 1978-79) Budaörs – Budakeszi (4 km): 1981 - half profile; (this section was extended in 1986) Budakeszi – Zsámbék (9 km): 1986 Zsámbék – Bicske (13 km): 1985 Bicske – Tatabánya-north (28 km): 1982 Tatabánya-north – Komárom (20 km): 1975 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990) Komárom – Győr-east (19 km): 1977 - half profile; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990) Győr-east – Győr-Ménfőcsanak (8 km): 1994 Győr-Ménfőcsanak – Győr-west (14 km): 1994 Győr-west – Hegyeshalom-east (42 km): 1996 Hegyeshalom-east – Border station of Austria (6 km): 1982 - half profile; this section operated as part of road 1 until 1996
List of junctions, exits and rest area The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).
Distance from Zero Kilometre Stone (Adam Clark Square) in Budapest in kilometres.
km Exit Name Destination Notes 6 Budapest, Budaörsi út Connection to the center of Budapest, via Budaörsi út.The eastern terminus of the motorway.The eastern side of commons section as M1-M7 motorway. 7 Budaörs 9 Budaörs-centrum Drive only towards Budapest. Shopping centers 10Törökbálint Depo,Budaörs Eastern connection to Budaörs via Garibaldi utca. Budaörsi pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL + 11Budaörs-nyugat Western connection of Budaörs and Shopping centers. 12M1-M7 intersection Connection to M7 motorway towards to via Székesfehérvár, Nagykanizsa.The western side of commons section as M1-M7 motorway. 14Törökbálint,Budakeszi 15Tópark Premier Outlet Center 16M1-M0 interchange Connection to Budapest bypass.The eastern terminus of European routes E60/E75 concurrency. 17Biatorbágy Drive only towards Budapest. Eastern part Biatorbágy. 22 Sasfészek-tó pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL + Biatorbágy, Páty Western part of Biatorbágy and Business park. 27Zsámbék,Herceghalom Connection to Pilisjászfalu 28 Zsámbéki pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL + Border of Pest and Fejér Counties 39Óbarok-Nagyegyháza,Bicske 43 Óbarok pihenőhely Rest area: OMV / OMV + Not marked with a traffic sign SzárligetBicske M1 Ipari Park Border of Fejér and Komárom-Esztergom Counties 54 Harkályos pihenőhely Rest area: 56Tatabánya-Óváros Connection to Óváros part of Tatabánya 57 Turul pihenőhely Rest area: 61Tatabánya-Centrum Connection to Downtown of Tatabánya 64 Remeteségi pihenőhely Rest area: Shell / Shell + Tata-Remeteségpuszta Not marked with a traffic sign 67Tata,Környe Connection to Csákvár 72 Grébics pihenőhely Rest area: 83 Igmánd pihenőhely Rest area: 85Komárom, Kisbér 94Ács,Bana, Bábolna Concó pihenőhely Rest area: OMV / OMV + Border of Komárom-Esztergom and Győr-Moson-Sopron Counties 101Nagyszentjános,Bőny 107Győr-kelet Access route of Győr. Eastern connection to the city 112Győrszentiván Eastern bypass to Győr, towards Vámosszabadi and Audi factory. 115Győr-iparterület Industrial area of Győr. 119Győr-Szabadhegy Szabadhegy district of Győr and Pannonhalma, Veszprém. Arrabona pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / OMV + 123Győr-Ménfőcsanak Connection to Ménfőcsanak district of Győr and Pápa Rába () 129Győr,Csorna Western connection to Szeged, towards to via Sopron and Szombathely 135 Börcs pihenő Rest area: 142Lébény,Mecsér 144 Lébény pihenő Rest area: 150 Hanság pihenő Rest area: 158 Lajta pihenőhely Rest area: 160Mosonmagyaróvár,Szombathely The eastern terminus of European routes E65 162 Mosoni pihenőhely Rest area: MOL / MOL + 166M1-M15 interchange Connection to M15 motorway, towards to Bratislava, The western terminus of European routes E65/E75 168Hegyeshalom-kelet Eastern connection to Hegyeshalom. 171Hegyeshalom 172Hegyeshalom border crossingConnection to border crossing to Austria as the A4 motorway towards Vienna.The western terminus of the motorway and of the European route E60 concurrency.
Maintenance The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Public Road Nonprofit Pte Ltd Co. This activity is provided by these highway engineers. near Bicske, kilometre trench 38 near Komárom, kilometre trench 85 near Lébény, kilometre trench 142
Payment Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:
1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica); with a validity of either 10 days (3500 HUF), 1 month (4780 HUF) or 1 year (42980 HUF).
2, county vignettes (Megyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:
{| class="wikitable"Type of county vignette Available sectionPest County between Egér Street junction and Bicske (7 km – 39 km)Fejér County between Herceghalom and Tatabánya-Óváros (27 km – 56 km)Komárom-Esztergom County between Bicske and Győrszentiván (39 km – 112 km)Győr-Moson-Sopron County between Bábolna and Hegyeshalom [state border] (94 km – 172 km)
Toll-free section From Border of Budapest to Egér Street section (5 km – 7 km) can be used free of charge.
European Route(s) Name Route155 km Ost Autobahn – junction (16)150 km junction (166) – junction (16)6 km junction (166) – Mosonmagyaróvár (160)
See also
Roads in Hungary Transport in Hungary International E-road network
References
External links
National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English) Hungarian Public Road Non-Profit Ltd. (Magyar Közút Nonprofit Zrt.) National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.