Horrible statistics: 87 attacks against on-board conductors last year in Hungary
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Clearly, being an onboard conductor in Hungary is not the safest job, at all. In fact, the Trade Union of Railway Workers complained about the Harlem-like working conditions. According to Hungarian State Railways (MÁV), on average a conductor was attacked every fourth day – reported hvg.hu. To make matters worse, one-third of these cases happened on the Budapest-Cegléd-Szolnok line.
The VP of the trade union became furious
It is safer to walk on the streets of Harlem wearing a Rolex than being a conductor on the trains of MÁV-Start, the Hungarian railway company – said the vice-president of the Trade Union of Railway Workers. MÁV reacted on his discontent now.
As they wrote to hvg.hu, passengers attacked conductors 87 times in 2017. They were mostly slapped on the face, spit at, or they suffered verbal aggression. However, sometimes even
brute force was used against them.
For example, it happened that some passengers threatened conductors with a knife, beat or kicked them and hindered their free movement. In fact, 3/4th of the perpetrators wanted to travel without a valid ticket.
Approximately 70% of the insults happened in the suburban lines connecting Budapest and the towns and settlements of Pest County. In this category, the first place goes to the Budapest–Cegléd–Szolnok line where 36% of the atrocities happened. According to the MÁV, Pécs and Szombathely together with the Southern and Western parts of the country are the safest regions in this regard.