THE first of 37 Urbos low-floor LRVs being supplied by CAF for the tram network in Budapest arrived in the Hungarian capital in the early hours of March 11.
ROMANIAN rolling stock manufacturer Softronic and LAC Holding, Hungary, have signed an agreement to establish a locomotive assembly plant in Hungary.
THE Hungarian government has acquired a 64.9% stake in the carriage works at Dunakeszi near Budapest from Bombardier in a deal worth Forints 2.1bn ($US 7.8m).
BUDAPEST Transport Company (BKV) has published a tender to rebuild 222 metro cars used on Line 3 with an option to rebuild a further 42 cars.
THE Hungarian government has approved the purchase by MÁV-Start, Hungary's national passenger operator, of six EMUs with an option for 15 more units.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2014: HUNGARY's national transport authority has approved the trial passenger operation of MAV-Start's two prototype IC+ coaches, which have been designed and built in-house at the national passenger operator's Szolnok workshops.
BOMBARDIER handed over the first of an order for 20 Traxx MS multi-system electric locomotives for Metrans, the open-access railfreight subsidiary of Hamburg Ports and Logistics (HHLA), on September 19.
THE Hungarian government has granted the city of Budapest permission to begin talks with potential creditors regarding financing for the modernisation of the ageing train fleet on metro Line 3.
THE Hungarian government published a new strategy at the end of August setting out detailed proposals for the development of the country's transport infrastructure for the period to 2030, while also outlining longer-term provisions for the period to 2050.
SPANISH rolling stock manufacturer CAF is to assemble LRVs for Budapest in Hungary under a contract concluded recently with the Hungarian government.