Breakthrough: Development of Budapest Airport railway begins!
A government decree has been published in the Hungarian Gazette (Magyar Közlöny), paving the way for the long-awaited development of the railway link to Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport (Budapest Airport). The regulation establishes the legal and procedural framework required to implement the fixed-track connection through a concession model.
According to the decree, the development of fixed-track transport infrastructure for the airport is considered a project of strategic national economic importance. The initiative not only serves the increasing demands of business travel and tourism but also supports economic growth and helps maintain Hungary’s competitiveness, AIRportal.hu reports. The responsibilities of the minister overseeing concession procedures will now be expanded to include activities related to the airport’s railway infrastructure.
The document emphasises that harnessing the airport’s development potential is of particular importance to the state, as the project will have both direct and indirect impacts on the national economy in the short, medium and long term. The main objective is for the development to contribute to the government’s national strategic goals.
The Budapest Airport railway has long been planned
Plans for the Budapest Airport railway have been on the agenda for years. At present, the single-carriageway road leading to the airport struggles to cope with the increased traffic, making the creation of a faster and more convenient transport alternative increasingly urgent.
According to Economx, actual construction could begin as early as 2026, with works expected to take between three and five years. Based on this timeline, the railway could be completed by 2030 at the earliest.
The project could represent a key step in helping Budapest catch up with other European capitals, where international airports have long been served by direct fixed-track connections.
Well, great, but by the time it actually gets built we’ll have discovered teleportation already.
If this was China, it’d be over by Easter next year. In Europe and other Western countries, though, it takes a generation just to patch up a pothole.
Sad.
Interesting.
What are your thoughts on the Tiananmen Protests of 1989?
I’m against the suppression of them, like I’m against the Great Leap Forward and the Four Pests Campaign and mass starvations that followed.
It’s not surprising because like I’m against Andrew Jackson, I’m against Stalin and Chairman Mao, as well as the continuity of the Chinese Communist Party.
Communists do stuff like have pseudonymous people lie for them in public fora- but you’re not a Communist, are you? Just say you disagree with Communism. Mr. Orbán gave a whole speech about it over the dead bodies of some victims of the Communidts, even though they were Communists.