Budapest traffic paralysed by snowfall, public transport interrupted

Snowfall has paralysed traffic in the Hungarian capital. A total of 17 buses in Budapest have been diverted or are running in sections due to heavy snowfall, the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) said on Facebook.

Bus No. 16 is not running between Deák Ferenc Square and Clark Ádám Square. Buses No. 40, 40B, 88, 88A, 140, 140A will run diverted, on the motorway. Buses No. 188 and 240 will not run between Sasadi Road and Károly király Street. Buses No. 58, 141, 158 and 250 are not running, Telex reports. Bus No. 8E is also diverted, with no stops between Sasadi Road and the BAH junction (BAH-csomópont).

A Telex journalist even saw one of the buses turned crosswise at the BAH junction stop:

Buses No. 27, 60A and 60B is not running, and bus No. 53 is not running between Márton Áron Square and Sasadi Road.

According to Mávinform’s Facebook post, the signalling control at the Déli railway station has broken down, which means that some trains only run to and from Budapest-Kelenföld. The problem mainly affects trains to Biatorbágy, Martonvásár and Lake Balaton. Due to the disruption, trains from and to the Déli railway station are expected to run 5-15 minutes longer on their entire route.

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