Trains to be shorter in Hungary due to the crisis

The Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) received their first high electricity bills. Therefore, they decided to operate shorter trains to save electricity and money. They plan to spare HUF 122 million (EUR 292 thousand) with this measure. Below you may read the details. 

Dávid Vitézy, State Secretary of the Ministry of Technology and Industry of Hungary, wrote in a Facebook post that the Hungarian State Railways paid HUF 36 (EUR 0.086) for one kWh last year. That price rose to HUF 288 (EUR 0.69) in September. That means an eightfold increase. As a result, they made some decisions and, in the off-peak hours, they will operate shorter trains on the suburban railway lines. For example, on the Budapest-Esztergom line solo, Flirts will commute instead of the daily four double trains.

Furthermore, 4 Kiss trains will disappear from the Budapest-Monor line to be replaced by Flirts. That affects those who travel by train to or from the Ferenc Liszt International Airport.

The current measures will last until 10 December, and they mean to save almost EUR 300 thousand, 24.hu said.

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Source: 24.hu