Hungarian State Railways announce total closure of Budapest-Vienna line
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János Lázár, Hungary’s construction minister, ordered the renewal of the railway line connecting Budapest with Vienna as soon as possible. Work started rapidly, but it seems it will result in the total closure of the line.
As telex.hu wrote today, work could only be started with the manpower and machinery of the Orbán-close Lőrinc Mészáros’s V-Híd. They are a subcontractor of the consortium of two Chinese and one Mészáros company carrying out the Belgrade-Budapest railway upgrade. As a result, work halted there.
The first phase of the Budapest-Győr-Vienna railway line reconstruction will last until 27 October. However, after that, the line will be closed for traffic between Biatorbágy and Szárliget. A partial rail line closure started this Monday.
The Hungarian State Railways promised they would share a new timetable and all the needed information with the passengers two weeks before the start of phase 2.