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News
Work starts on next stage of Budapest southern ring capacity scheme
HUNGARY: Construction work on the second phase of the project to add capacity to Budapest’s Southern Circle railway ring between Kelenföld and Ferencváros started on January 15, the Ministry of Construction & Transport has announced.
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In depth
Stations & Terminals: Solving the problem of Budapest Nyugati
As the busiest station in the Hungarian capital, Nyugati pályaudvar has reached capacity. The favoured solution is to convert the existing terminus into a through station at the heart of a reshaped regional rail network. Benjámin Zelki reports.
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Organisations
Budapest Transport Zrt (BKV)
Opened 1896, modern metro in 1970. Four line network with 48 stations. See Budapest network map.The Millennium underground railway, now metro Line M1 (4·2 km, 11 stations), opened 1896, and was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002. The first section of modern metro (Line M2) opened 1970, and the ...