This Hungarian international train is back on track

MÁV just made the important announcement! They retired this international train 8 years ago. Now it starts running again after its hiatus.

The train between Szeged- Rendező and Röszke continues where it left off eight years ago, better than it ever was. On a more than 13 kilometer section the line and it’s environment was renovated, so now it runs smoothly between the two countries.

Upgraded environment

According to Portfolio the Röszke station was also fully reconstructed to better accommodate the hopefully increasing number of people passing through it’s halls. Among others, they improved the parking lot and made a new raised platform, making it more accessible for those with reduced mobility. They added new rain shelters too! In addition, along the Szeged area they built a noise protection wall on a long section of the track, writes Portfolio.

The actual reconstruction of the line finished last summer, and freight trains could already operate it, but the line was not yet open for passenger trains. This is mostly due to the fact that the necessary safety equipment took longer to obtain and these lacking later had to be revised in the error log. The necessary approvals got approved slower because of this and so the expected opening of the track had to be postponed from October 23rd, 2023.

What to expect

After these hardships, the track will once again open to passenger trains on the 28th of November. There will be ten trains or five pairs running between the two countries daily. The expected travel time will be an hour and a half, this is with the mandatory border control included.