The station is on the Pest side of Budapest, accessible by the 4 and 6 tramline and the M3 metro line.

The station got its name from the adjacent Western Square ('Nyugati tér'), a major intersection where Teréz körút (Theresia Boulevard), Szent István körút (Saint Stephen Boulevard), Váci út (Váci Avenue), and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út (Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Avenue) converge.

[3] Beside the terminal and partially above its open area there is the WestEnd City Center shopping mall.

[4][5] The music video for Gwen Stefani's 2008 single Early Winter was partly shot at Nyugati.

[9] As of the July 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Budapest Nyugati:[10][11][12]