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DNH 2021 DNH 2021 · 27/08/2022
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Budapest-Belgrade railway line to help shipping Chinese goods to Europe

The upgrade project of the Budapest-Belgrade railway line, now under way, will be a “benchmark” as this is “the first Chinese-Hungarian development project implemented under the European Union’s rules in cooperation with Chinese partners in Hungary”, the minister of technology and industry said in Kiskőrös, in southern Hungary, during an on-site visit on Friday.

László Palkovics said the project, worth a total 2 billion dollars and scheduled to be complete by 2025, will facilitate fast shipping of Chinese goods to Europe via Greek ports.

The minister said the renewed railway line would be part of the Silk Road linking Asia with Europe, adding that it would be a substitute for another section, through Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan, which could not currently be used. He noted that he had signed an agreement with his Serbian, Bulgarian and Turkish counterparts that the middle section of the same route, via the Bosphorus, would be linked to the Budapest-Belgrade line. He said it was in Hungary’s interest that Asian goods should reach Europe via Hungary.

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Zoltán Pafferi, head of national transport group MAV-Volan, noted that the Budapest-Subotica (Szabadka) railway line had been opened in 1882. The whole project, between Budapest and Belgrade, involves renewal of 341 kilometres of lines, 91 railway crossings, 13 pedestrian subways, 26 lifts, 29,000 square metres of platforms and parking facilities for nearly 800 cars. The project will also ensure 59 kilometres of fences protecting residential areas from noise and vibrations, while the whole line will be equipped with the most modern controls and security systems, he added.

Pafferi also cited the European Union’s goal to redirect 50 percent of medium-distance passenger and cargo traffic to railways and ships, thus reducing transport emissions by 60 percent by 2050.

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2 Comments

  1. Anonymous says:
    27/08/2022 at 12:48

    So let’s get this right. The Chinese government is lending Hungary a huge amount of money at high interest rates (the Hungarian government won’t give the figures, you can guess why) so that a mainly Chinese work force can build a railway to transport Chinese goods to Europe. The trains will then be largely empty upon their return journey. I wonder how many brown envelopes were involved in this deal?

  2. West meets the East : says:
    28/08/2022 at 08:25

    Commented on it NUMEROUS times in DNH – over the past 18 months.
    Chinas planing, intentions, its financing of – the location of Budapest, will provide China in time, wide variety of choice via a “growing” process of the “inter-facing” – broadening/widening – of the European Rail Network.
    Budapest, Hungary – pivotal part of the New Silk Road where West meets the East.

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