HUNGARY's Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) has awarded Siemens a €30.7m contract to supply five Desiro ML emus for regional services between Hungary and Austria.
THE FIRST of 31 Škoda type 26THU3 ForCity low-floor LRVs for Hungary's third-largest city Miskolc entered service on Line 1 on January 20 following the completion of more than 11,000km of endurance testing.
THE official opening date for the second tram line in Hungary's second-largest city Debrecen has been set for March 1 following the start of test operation last month.
THE prospect of Chinese money being used to upgrade the Belgrade – Budapest line was raised again at the recent at the CEE-China summit in Bucharest, where Hungarian prime minister Mr Viktor Orbán signed a treaty on the proposed modernisation project with his Serbian and Chinese counterparts Mr Ivica Dacic and Mr Li Keqiang.
BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK) which is responsible for managing and developing the transport network in the Hungarian capital, issued an invitation to tender on December 6 for the so-called Buda tram link, which is intended to provide a connection between lines 17 and 19 on the western (Buda) side of the city.
HUNGARY's state holding company, NISZ, has awarded a €46m contract to a consortium of Kapsch CarrierCom and MVM Ovit, a Hungarian transmission network specialist, to install GSM-R on a 900km section of the rail network.
THE founder of Hungary's first open-access railfreight operator Floyd, Mr András Bogdán, has set up a new railway company called Fox Rail after selling his shares in Floyd earlier this year.
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.
HUNGARIAN State Railways (MÁV) is making progress with the upgrading of the railway network around Lake Balaton, a popular tourist destination in the west of the country.
BUDAPEST Transport Centre (BKK) has selected CAF as its preferred bidder for a contract to supply 37 low-floor LRVs with an option for 87 additional vehicles.
