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MÁV Carried 1.7 Million Passengers On Trains To Balaton During Summer

• 5 Oct 2020 11:24 AM
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MÁV carried more than 1.7 million passengers to Lake Balaton from June until the end of September, the state railway company announced.

The number of InterCity carriages in service rose from 29 to 51.

The number of passengers who took their bikes with them reached a record 88,000 during the summer season.

Customers purchased 16,800 one-day and three-day tickets allowing unlimited travel around the lake.

Siófok was the most popular destination, with traffic reaching 314,000 passengers, followed by Fónyod, Balatonfüred and Balatonlelle.

MÁV will continue to serve Lake Balaton’s south shore during the off-season, with trains departing from Budapest every hour.


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