Last Soviet Metro Carriage Withdrawn In Budapest
- 5 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
The last Soviet Russian era metro carriage was withdrawn from the “red” metro line in Budapest on Tuesday, as the vehicles have been replaced with new Alstom Metropolis trains.
The old carriages served for 43 years, covering nearly two billion kilometres.
They remain in service on the north-south “blue” line.
Budapest has bought 110 Metropolis cars for the red line, and 60 for the fourth metro line now under construction.
The first new train entered into service last September. The replacement of metro carriages costs about Ft 65 billion.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
This news item is one of many published daily by HATC, a premier subscription news service which distributes English-language info about Hungary via email or fax. For a free trial of HATC follow this link and click on 'Free Trial Subscription'.
LATEST NEWS IN getting around