HUNGARY’s national passenger operator MÁV-Start has initiated a project to build a further 70 IC+ long-distance coaches at its Szolnok workshops.

AFTER publishing a call for tenders in September 2017, Hungary’s National Infrastructure Development Agency (NIF) has cancelled a project to electrify the 53km Zalaszentiván - Nagykanizsa line, in accordance with a governmental decree which updates the list of projects eligible for funding from the state, and eventually the European Union (EU).

THE Chinese-Hungarian Railway Nonprofit Company (KMVN) issued a call for tenders on November 27 for contracts to rebuild most of the Hungarian section of the Budapest - Belgrade main line.

HUNGARIAN national passenger operator and traction provider MÁV-Start has selected Stadler Bussnang for a contract to supply at least 10 high-capacity EMUs, each with 600 seats.

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

IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: HUNGARIAN State Railways (MÁV) presented its new FMK-008 track condition measurement train at InnoTrans, the first time it has been publicly displayed outside Hungary.

HUNGARIAN State Railways (MÁV) will begin tendering shortly for contracts to begin electrifying the line along the northern shore of Lake Balaton.

THE Hungarian government is to commission a study into the closure of Budapest Déli, one of the capital's three main railway stations.

REPRESENTATIVES of Hungarian State Railways (MÁV), Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) and the Ministry of National Economics and Development signed contracts at the end of December to operate and manage the country's mainline rail infrastructure for the next 10 years.
The previous five-year agreement expired last year and changes were needed due to the Recast Directive and subsequent changes the Hungarian Railway Act.