Budapest’s new railway tunnel to be constructed! – PHOTOS
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The construction of the railway tunnel connecting Kelenföld, Déli and Nyugati stations will realise a project that was first conceived 100 years ago.
According to the Hungarian Official Gazette, the government adopted the Budapest Agglomeration Rail Strategy (BAVS) which was developed jointly with the European Union. Based on the decision,
a further EUR 8 billion (~HUF 3,000 billion), plus EUR 2.7 billion (~HUF 1,000 billion) will be allocated to the development of the local railway.
The transport development will take place during the next two decades in Budapest and its agglomeration, mainly supported by EU funds.
As the Hungarian news portal Blikk reports, for the first EUR 4 billion (~HUF 1 500 billion) of the 20-year plan, EU funding is already guaranteed until 2027.
Balázs Fürjes, State Secretary for the Development of Budapest and the Metropolitan Agglomeration highlighted that the current issue is that it is nearly impossible to reach the city coming from its outskirts and agglomeration. ”Budapest does not mean only the city centre – people living in the outer districts and the agglomeration also deserve good infrastructure!” This concerns approximately one million people who drive daily from the agglomeration to the inner districts to work, to study or to use services. ”Understandably, they come by car because public transport is not reliable, dense, fast or convenient enough.”
Among the common nuisances, the news portal mentions the long hours spent in traffic jams, the simultaneous road closures, the traffic restrictions and lane closures in the Hungarian capital. Apart from the negative public sentiment, this trend also contributes to air pollution and a generally stressful atmosphere. In addition, the situation is getting worse as the population of Budapest’s agglomeration and the surrounding settlements has been constantly growing.
As the State Secretary says, this is a challenge that needs to be met, and in a sense, the railways are goldmines to the city and its surroundings. Within the framework of the rail strategy,
Good luck, they cannot even finish renovate metro 2 for years now.
Atila – correct and trust Moscow, is getting charged for the Massive Over-haul, caused by the total inferior of the rolling stock and the rail/station infrastructure implemented at the time, in the building of Metro Line 3 – opened 31st December 1976.
When – and thats the Un-Known – when is it exspected – we will see the full M3 line in operation?
Will – as we know, in the Summer months, the “inferior” or “second hand” refurbished Russian Passenger Rolling Stock – to travel in them, is likened to a Sauna – will they be – Air-Conditioned ?
Sometimes I wonder, if who ever comes up – DREAMS like this new inter-connecting railway tunnel – do they go, to there OLD vinyl record collection, that has in it – the 1958 hit song by The Everly Brothers – it was a BIG hit for them – called – All I Have to Do is DREAM ???
“Man of La Mancha ” – The Impossible Dream, to “fight” the un-beatable foe – could be a theme song of challenge – the oppostion party could use, at the up-coming National Elections April/May 2022.