BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK) has launched a tender for a contract to extend tram Line 1 from Fehérvári út to a new terminus Etele tér adjacent to Kelenföld main line station.

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.

A consortium of Stadler Poland and Stadler Bussnang has been awarded a contract by Austrian-Hungarian operator Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) to supply 10 four-car Flirt 3 EMUs for regional services in western Hungary.

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) has set up a Hungarian subsidiary, Transzmasholding Hungary, with the aim of establishing a joint venture with local manufacturer Dunakeszi Járműjavító, the operator of a former Bombardier plant which is currently assembling trams for CAF.

BUDAPEST Transport Company (BKV) has issued its first call for tenders for the rebuilding of metro Line 3.

SLOVENIAN prime minister Mr Miro Cerar and Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade Mr Péter Szijjárto attended an inauguration ceremony at the border station of Hodoš on June 10 to mark the completion of a project to modernise and electrify the 109km Pragersko - Hodoš line.

THE Hungarian government finalised the 2016 budget on May 23 for the Integrated Programme for Transport (IKOP), which is 85% financed by the EU, and allocates a total of Forints 1216bn ($US 4.3bn) to transport projects including Forints 790bn for mainline and urban rail projects.

THE first of 37 Budapest metro trains being refurbished by Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash was presented to Budapest Transport Company (BKV) at the company's plant in Russia on May 11.

AUSTRO-Hungarian operator Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) is seeking a €40m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help finance the acquisition of new electric locomotives.