After significant delays last week, Hungarian State Railways is preparing intensively for the weekend
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Reviewed, strengthened, reorganised – this is how we are preparing for the upcoming weekend, Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) CEO Zsolt Hegyi wrote in a Facebook post.
Hegyi said technical issues can occur everywhere, but they will do what they can to prevent them. Therefore, they will increase the number of replacement buses deployable on the busiest railway lines. Furthermore, higher-capacity double-deckers will commute on the Northern shores of Lake Balaton from Budapest. Hegyi asked all passengers to buy their tickets in advance because that is how they can transfer capacities where the need is the greatest. Group trips should also be announced at least one week earlier for the same reasons.
MÁV issues around 55,000 refunds for delays
State-owned passenger transport company Hungarian State Railways (MÁV Group) has issued around 55,000 refunds since the launch of a compensation system for delays on June 1, the group’s CEO said in an interview with VG.hu.
Zsolt Hegyi said about 45,000 passengers had been refunded half of their fare and 10,000 had received a full refund. The refunds added up to HUF 36 million, he added.