BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK), which is responsible for managing and developing the Hungarian capital's transport network, has called for tenders for the purchase of 37 low-floor LRVs of two types, with a option for a further 87 vehicles.
THE Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centres (MLSZKSZ) has completed a feasibility study for the so-called V0 railway, which would allow international freight traffic to bypass congested lines in the Budapest area.
THE FIRST Alstom Metropolis train for Budapest's new Metro Line 4 arrived in the Hungarian capital in the early hours of November 30.
ALSTOM officially handed over the first Metropolis Budapest metro train to Budapest Transport Company (BKV) in a ceremony at Stadionok station on July 10.
THE European Union has agreed to finance 94% of a Forints 41bn ($US 173m) project to modernise Budapest tram lines 1 and 3. The work will involve the see the rebuilding of Line 1 between Bécsi út and Stadionok as well as several sections of line 3, including the doubling of a single-track section.
AFTER many months of delays, and uncertainty over the future of the contract, the Hungarian transport authority (NKH) finally issued the type authorisation document on June 4 for Alstom's Metropolis trains for Budapest metro Line 2.
Hungary's new transport act, which was approved in April, is resulting in a huge shake-up of passenger services designed to improve efficiency and introduce minimum service levels, as Ferenc Joo reports.
THE municipal government has voted in favour of introducing a contactless smart card across the BKV network from 2014.