Metro line 3 upgrade

17/03/2017

Budapest mayor: Four revamped metro carriages on line 3 from March

Finally! :) The first four revamped metro carriages will be introduced in traffic on line 3 before the end of March
25/01/2017

Budapest assembly – Budapest approves final 2024 Olympic locations, opposition slams mayor

Budapest, January 25 (MTI) – The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 […]
21/01/2017

Socialists protest delay in Metro 3 refurbishment, Olympic plans

Budapest (MTI) – Speakers in a protest organised by the opposition Socialists criticised the management of Budapest for delays in the refurbishment of the city’s third […]
19/01/2017

Weekly government press briefing about Putin’s visit, new wave of migration and other interesting topics

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit Budapest on Feb. 2, János Lázár, the government office chief, announced on Thursday. Preparations […]
01/01/2017

Budapest mayor says metro renovation could start next summer

Budapest, December 31 (MTI) – The tender for the renovation of the capital’s third metro line could be drawn out until April, but the renovation works […]
15/12/2016

New law to allow data protection authority to reject release of passenger trains’ technical specs

Budapest, December 15 (MTI) – A bill recently approved by parliament would allow the data protection authority to reject the release of data on the technical […]
09/12/2016

Weekly government press briefing about PISA, mayor’s wage, migration and other topics

Budapest, December 8 (MTI) – The government has instructed the human resources minister to call an education roundtable with teachers’ unions and education organisations to review […]
07/12/2016

Opposition parties in Budapest express concerns over metro

Budapest, December 7 (MTI) – Opposition parties in Budapest on Wednesday expressed concerns about safety on the capital’s metro lines. On Wednesday morning services on third […]
28/11/2016

BKV withdraws metro line renovation tender

Budapest, November 28 (MTI) – Budapest public transport company BKV has withdrawn a tender for the renovation of the capital’s third metro, the latest issue of […]
19/11/2016

Tarlós: Metro line 3 revamp could start in June 2017

Budapest (MTI) – The revamp of Budapest’s third metro line is expected to start in June 2017, Mayor István Tarlós said on Friday. He told a […]
05/11/2016

Mayor of Budapest wants guarantees for metro upgrade funding

Budapest (MTI) – Budapest will not take responsibility for the upgrade of the third metro line unless the adequate funds are available, as this would be […]
30/10/2016

LMP to start collecting signatures calling for full-scale renovation of M3

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition LMP party said it will collect signatures in the coming weeks to demand the full-scale renovation of Budapest’s metro 3 line, […]
29/10/2016

Budapest mayor sees metro 3 revamp project “endangered”

Budapest (MTI) – The project to renovate Budapest’s third metro line is in danger, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said on Friday. Tarlós told a press conference […]
19/10/2016

Public procurement committee annuls tender on metro replacement buses

Budapest, October 19 (MTI) – The public procurements committee (KDB) has annulled a tender invited by the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) for replacement bus services to […]
14/10/2016

Budapest Mayor: No money for Metro 3 stations unless funding raised

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Budapest Municipal Council will not have enough money to upgrade the stations on the third metro line unless budget for the […]
13/10/2016

Government’s regular press briefing – Defence of southern border, new Budapest hospital, constitutional amendment

The government has decided to award 29.4 forints (EUR 96m) of supplementary funding to the interior ministry for the protection of the Serbia-Hungary border, the government […]
07/10/2016

Orbán promised again to speed up metro revamp?

Budapest, October 7 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised to speed up the delayed project to renovate Budapest’s third metro line, Budapest Mayor István […]
30/09/2016

Tarlós: Budapest rejects any responsibility over Metro 3 delay

Budapest, September 30 (MTI) – Budapest’s Municipal Council will no longer assume any responsibility for the delay in the third metro line’s upgrade, Mayor of Budapest […]
07/09/2016

BKK: M3 substitute service tender doesn’t exclude Hungarian buses

Budapest, September 7 (MTI) – Budapest transport authority BKK has said a tender for a substitute bus service along the M3 metro line does not exclude […]
06/09/2016

Hungarian bus procurement committee approves funding for purchase of 436 new buses

Budapest, September 5 (MTI) – Hungary’s National Bus Procurement Committee, a body established to coordinate purchases by public transport companies with the aim of supporting local […]