Ferenc Joo

HUNGARIAN national passenger operator MÁV-Start has taken delivery of its final Flirt EMU from Stadler Rail.

HUNGARY’s National Infrastructure Development Agency (NIF) has published a call for tenders for contracts to plan and build the Szeged - Hódmezővásárhely tram-train line.

MÁV-START, Hungary, issued a call for tender on December 10 for the supply of up to 10 high-capacity EMUs under a framework agreement for a total of 40 trains. Each train will have at least 600 seats which implies that the EMUs will likely be double-deck.

AFTER years of debate over who should finance suburban rail services operated by Budapest Transport Company (BKV) outside the city boundaries, the department running the Commuter Railway (HÉV) network separated into a new company known as BHÉV on November 1.

A Chinese-Hungarian joint venture has been formed to manage the reconstruction of the Hungarian section of the Budapest - Belgrade line.

BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK) has launched a tender for a contract to extend tram Line 1 from Fehérvári út to a new terminus Etele tér adjacent to Kelenföld main line station.

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) has set up a Hungarian subsidiary, Transzmasholding Hungary, with the aim of establishing a joint venture with local manufacturer Dunakeszi Járműjavító, the operator of a former Bombardier plant which is currently assembling trams for CAF.

BUDAPEST Transport Company (BKV) has issued its first call for tenders for the rebuilding of metro Line 3.

THE Hungarian government finalised the 2016 budget on May 23 for the Integrated Programme for Transport (IKOP), which is 85% financed by the EU, and allocates a total of Forints 1216bn ($US 4.3bn) to transport projects including Forints 790bn for mainline and urban rail projects.