Budapest’s new funicular to connect Buda Castle and Citadel?
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Budapest’s new funicular will be constructed between Tabán and Gellért Hill. Furthermore, Gellért Hill’s public park will also be renovated.
Based on the decision of the Hungarian government, the construction of the funicular is necessary because it provides environmentally friendly and barrier-free transport as well as replaces tourist bus traffic. Before the epidemic, traffic during the peak tourist season was so busy that almost 200 buses ‘climbed’ the Gellért Hill on a daily basis, causing constant noise and air pollution in the area.
According to the plans, the travel time will be 2-3 minutes, during which passengers can reach the Citadel, the Statue of Liberty, and the Museum of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters planned in the Citadel. In the case of successful realisation, tourist buses to Gellért Hill will be completely eliminated.
According to PestBuda, the funicular would start on the surface from Döbrentei Square (in front of the Rác Bath), and then it would continue in a tunnel in the lower part of the hill and only rise to the surface later. The tunnel section would make up about one-third of the funicular’s path. The upper terminal would be near the Citadel.
As Hungarian news portal Index reports, the construction of the funicular is being prepared by the Municipality of Budapest in cooperation with the Budapest Development Centre from EUR 4.2 million (~HUF 1.5 billion). Within the framework of the funicular’s project, Gellért Hill and the Castle Hill may be connected.
and the metro to the airport?
and the metro to Budaörs?
and the metro to Zugló?
Anonymous: After the Government reneged upon its promise to the EU regrading the construction of Metro line 4, I don’t think the EU will be willing to co-finance any more Metro developments here for a while. The deal was that in exchange for EU co-funding, Budapest would introduce a congestion charge to encourage people to use public transport rather than cars when possible. All these years later, that part of the contract has not been met. Meanwhile the EU reviewed the construction costs of the M4 and found found that the books were cooked and the whole process was riddled with fraud. Once bitten twice shy for the EU?