Latest developments of Budapest’s railway lines – New Danube tunnel on the way?
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Railway development in Budapest has recently got a kickstart as more and more projects are announced. The most recent development is going to be the all-encompassing Budapest Agglomeration Railway Strategy, or BAVS for short in Hungarian, which will involve several development projects with the aim to increase the number of passengers on the suburban railway lines by 80% by 2040 in order to mitigate the heavy car traffic besieging Budapest.
Index created a detailed explanation of every project currently going on, and in this article, you will get a glimpse into the total number of future developments that will hopefully make the Hungarian capital a greener, safer, and more liveable city overall. Conceivably, this will also help clean up the air in the capital and increase air quality.
It was the CEO of the Budapest Development Centre (BFK), Dávid Vitézy, who shared the launch of the Budapest Agglomeration Railway Strategy (BAVS) on his Facebook page. And, according to Index’s information, Vitézy signed the design contracts with the consortium of the Főmterv and RING engineering office for the development of the Budapest segment of the Hatvan and Újszász railway lines.
The contract has a total value of HUF 1,505 million (€ 4.3 million), with the support of the EU’s Cohesion Fund.
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One of the main problems of the railway system is that it has reached its maximum capacity, not to mention that many aspects of the system need modernising. Apart from that, the other problem is that the current terminal station system is not suitable for development, due to lack of space. BFK’s solution is the following:
“The only solution to this problem is to move beyond and untie the rigid system of terminal stations. On the one hand, […] the Budapest Suburban Railway Node Strategy aim[s] to more than double the number of trains crossing the city border at peak hours. On the other hand, by
