VIDEO: MÁV’s new leased locomotive had a problem on its first trip

On Monday, the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) launched the first newly leased train in Hungary. However, on the return journey, there was already a problem with a door control.

New MÁV train

“He’s on the move! The first MÁV-START locomotive 182 has been redesigned,” MÁV announced on Facebook at 8 AM on Monday morning. It posted a video of the locomotive, painted in the colours of the railway company, pulling the Tokaj InterCity train, as it pulled out of Keleti railway station.

This was the first trip of the first of the second-hand Siemens locomotives recently leased by MÁV in Hungary. It did not end well, as the locomotive broke down at Kőbánya-Kispest station on the way back, where it was stranded for 35 minutes instead of the planned one-minute wait, hvg.hu reports.

The train left on Monday morning at 7.25 AM, but was delayed there a minute because the short film, which was also shared by MÁV on Facebook, had to be recorded. The delay was made up for when the train arrived in Nyíregyháza, where it arrived on time and left on time.