“Dear Passengers! Our delay is 307 minutes. We apologize for the inconvenience!”
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A passenger train reached its destination 307 minutes behind schedule on Sunday – reported index.hu. In 2017, the overall delay of the Hungarian trains was 3.5 years. To make matters worse, according to index.hu, the trains of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) produced a delay of 23 years between 2008 and 2014, altogether. With these results, MÁV is the least reliable railway company in Europe. One can only imagine what, e.g., a Japanese minister responsible for public transport would have done in such a situation.
Hungarian trains delayed 1,831,556 minutes last year
One of the readers of Index.hu wrote that he wanted to travel from Budapest to Albertirsa on Sunday evening at 10 pm. According to him, he has been going by train for 15 years, but it never happened before that the delay of his train reached more than 5 hours. Thus, even though he should have arrived by 10 pm he finally reached his destination at 1:30 am the next day. Of course, a few hours later, he had to go back to Budapest to work. The delay of his train back was “only” to 83 minutes.
According to MÁV, the power line of the Budapest Electricity PLC fell on the power line of MÁV. Therefore, train traffic stopped for hours between Budapest and Albertirsa. Of course, accidents happen. However, such problems are
not exceptional in case of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV).
Actually, delays are quite common not only in case of passenger trains but also in case of fast trains, Intercity trains and even international trains.
I travel so often (to Austria regularly, Romania, Serbia, Croatia etc. a few times a year) and any of my trains has ever been delayed! There’s a lot of things I don’t like about Hungary but MAV is one of those things I like most. Maybe I’m so lucky but I’ve never had any bad experience with MAV.