A new metro line to be built in Budapest – Here are the details

Vg.hu reports that the permission for the construction of a new metro line to Rákosmente is being prepared, and if everything goes well and all the documents needed for the construction permit are collected by 2019, the construction can start after 2020.

The plans for the construction of a new metro line to Rákosmente were already prepared by November 2017, reports Levente Riz, mayor of the district. In connection with the development, architects came up with 4 alternatives. In three of them, the metro line would branch at the Rákos stream and would reach the 17th district along the Rákos-Hatvan railway.

As far as the 4th version is concerned, however, the metro line would turn right at Sárga Rózsa Street in the 16th district and run all the way above the ground. In this case, it would reach the 17th district at Akadémiaújtelep and eventually reach the centre of Rákoskeresztúr. Based on the previous estimation, the cost of the construction is going to be approximately 123-127 billion forints (410 million euros).

From Rákoskeresztúr, it takes 47 minutes to reach the Déli Railway Station that can be reduced to 32 minutes with the construction of the new metro line. Furthermore, instead of taking the 22-minute journey to the Örs vezér Square, the new construction makes it also possible to reach the station within 13 minutes.