THE FIRST of 10 Stadler Flirt emus for Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) was delivered to Stadler's Hungarian maintenance centre at Pusztaszabolcs on October 20 for commissioning.

GYÖR-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has issued tenders for the electrification of the Szombathely-Hegyeshalom line in western Hungary, which the company took over from Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) in 2011.

THE Hungarian government has given the go-ahead for a long-discussed project to build a 113km freight line between Tatabánya and Cegléd, by-passing Budapest. This would be the biggest new railway construction in the country since 1912.

HUNGARIAN State Railways (MÁV) announced on January 4 that Stadler is the sole bidder for the supply of 48 low-floor emus, 42 of which will be purchased by regional operator MÁV-Start and six by Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV).

A joint tender by Hungarian operators MAV-Start and GySEV for 48 emus has attracted interest from eight train builders.

HUNGARIAN State Railways passenger unit MÁV Start and Györ Sopron Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) issued a joint invitation to tender on November 20 for a contract to supply 48 25kV ac emus.

SPEAKING at the Hungarian Railways 2012 conference in Budapest on September 25, Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) general manager and president Mrs Ilona Dávid, who also acts as the president of Györ – Sopron Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV), announced that the two railways will shortly issue a joint invitation to tender for 48 new emus.

GYÖR-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has announced plans to electrify two lines in a move that will close an important gap in the electrified network in western Hungary.

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.

GYÖR-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has awarded Stadler a €20m contract to supply four four-car Flirt regional emus.