Ferenc Joo

AUSTRIAN-Hungarian operator Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has awarded Siemens a contract to supply five Vectron electric locomotives, with an option for four additional units.

THE first Budapest metro Line M3 train to be rebuilt by Metrowagonmash, Russia, returned to passenger service on March 20 following an inaugural run for officials and the media.

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.

FŐMTERV, Hungary, has been awarded a contract to review a 2013 feasibility study into the construction of a connection between Budapest metro Line M2 and the HÉV suburban line to Gödöllő (H8) and Csömör (H9) at Örs vezér tere.

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.