249 result(s) for bkv
Budapest Council Supports Metro Line Upgrade
- 28 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
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Budapest city council on Wednesday supported a contract between public transport company BKV and the Development Ministry on upgrading the M3 metro line with 28 affirmative votes and one abstention. The overall cost of the project on the north-south Pest line is Ft 139.5 billion.
Budapest Transport Company Begins Testing New Kravtex-Kuhne Model Bus
- 23 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
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BKK, the umbrella company for the capitalʼs public transport has began testing the Kravtex-Kuhne groupʼs new bus model, according to Kuhne CEO Csaba Suli, Hungarian news agency MTI reported today.
World’s Longest Tram Will Be Launched In Budapest In March
- 22 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
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Type authorisation of the long CAF trams has been issued by the National Transport Authority; furthermore, the first train has been granted approval for operation, as well. Thus the world’s longest tram can be launched in Budapest at the end of March.
KÉSZ Wins HUF 1 Bln Order For Budapest P&R Facility
- 24 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
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Construction company KÉSZ Építő és Szerelő has won an order worth approximately net HUF 1 billion to build a P&R facility at the end of Budapestʼs number 4 Metro line at Kelenföld, the Budapest local council, the Budapest transport center BKK and the project directorate of BKV DBR Metro said in a joint statement.
MÁV Plans To Integrate HÉV Lines With Own Suburban Railway Network
- 15 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
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State-owned railway company MÁV could integrate the HÉV suburban railway lines into its own network, daily Magyar Idők said, citing unnamed government sources. The government recently announced that MÁV would take over the HÉV lines from the city of Budapest with retroactive effect from the start of this year.
Report: Budapest Public Transport Plans ‘Surprise’ Strike
- 11 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Workers of Budapest Transport Company (BKV) have set up a strike committee and are preparing to strike after not receiving a pay rise for an extended period, and hearing news of the companyʼs plans to carry out additional layoffs, according to Hungarian online daily origo.hu.
Hungarian Socialists: Fidesz Using ‘Show Trials’ To Increase Popularity
- 29 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party on Thursday said the ruling Fidesz party is organising “show trials” reminiscent of methods used in Hungary’s “darkest dictatorship” to increase its popularity. Gergely Bárándy, the Socialist deputy head of parliament’s legislative committee, told a press conference that the embezzlement trial of Miklós Hagyó, in which the former Socialist deputy mayor of Budapest was given ...
Former Budapest Vicemayor Gets Suspended Prison Term For Embezzlement
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A court in south-eastern Hungary handed a two-year prison term, suspended for four years, to Miklós Hagyó, Budapest’s former Socialist deputy mayor, on charges of embezzlement. Five other defendants out of a total 15 in the case, initiated under suspicion of major corruption, have similarly been sentenced to suspended prison terms of various lengths.
Budapest Mayor Tarlós Questions Free BKV For Elderly
- 25 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
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Budapest mayor István Tarlós raised the possibility of abolishing free public transport for those over 65 years of age at his regular weekly press briefing in Budapest on Friday. “Bread and cold cuts are not given away free, why should BKV passes be free of charge?” he asked.
Budapest Council Supports Metro Line Upgrade
- 28 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest city council on Wednesday supported a contract between public transport company BKV and the Development Ministry on upgrading the M3 metro line with 28 affirmative votes and one abstention. The overall cost of the project on the north-south Pest line is Ft 139.5 billion.
Budapest Transport Company Begins Testing New Kravtex-Kuhne Model Bus
- 23 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
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BKK, the umbrella company for the capitalʼs public transport has began testing the Kravtex-Kuhne groupʼs new bus model, according to Kuhne CEO Csaba Suli, Hungarian news agency MTI reported today.
World’s Longest Tram Will Be Launched In Budapest In March
- 22 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
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Type authorisation of the long CAF trams has been issued by the National Transport Authority; furthermore, the first train has been granted approval for operation, as well. Thus the world’s longest tram can be launched in Budapest at the end of March.
KÉSZ Wins HUF 1 Bln Order For Budapest P&R Facility
- 24 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
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Construction company KÉSZ Építő és Szerelő has won an order worth approximately net HUF 1 billion to build a P&R facility at the end of Budapestʼs number 4 Metro line at Kelenföld, the Budapest local council, the Budapest transport center BKK and the project directorate of BKV DBR Metro said in a joint statement.
MÁV Plans To Integrate HÉV Lines With Own Suburban Railway Network
- 15 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
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State-owned railway company MÁV could integrate the HÉV suburban railway lines into its own network, daily Magyar Idők said, citing unnamed government sources. The government recently announced that MÁV would take over the HÉV lines from the city of Budapest with retroactive effect from the start of this year.
Report: Budapest Public Transport Plans ‘Surprise’ Strike
- 11 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Workers of Budapest Transport Company (BKV) have set up a strike committee and are preparing to strike after not receiving a pay rise for an extended period, and hearing news of the companyʼs plans to carry out additional layoffs, according to Hungarian online daily origo.hu.
Hungarian Socialists: Fidesz Using ‘Show Trials’ To Increase Popularity
- 29 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party on Thursday said the ruling Fidesz party is organising “show trials” reminiscent of methods used in Hungary’s “darkest dictatorship” to increase its popularity. Gergely Bárándy, the Socialist deputy head of parliament’s legislative committee, told a press conference that the embezzlement trial of Miklós Hagyó, in which the former Socialist deputy mayor of Budapest was given ...
Former Budapest Vicemayor Gets Suspended Prison Term For Embezzlement
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A court in south-eastern Hungary handed a two-year prison term, suspended for four years, to Miklós Hagyó, Budapest’s former Socialist deputy mayor, on charges of embezzlement. Five other defendants out of a total 15 in the case, initiated under suspicion of major corruption, have similarly been sentenced to suspended prison terms of various lengths.
Budapest Mayor Tarlós Questions Free BKV For Elderly
- 25 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
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Budapest mayor István Tarlós raised the possibility of abolishing free public transport for those over 65 years of age at his regular weekly press briefing in Budapest on Friday. “Bread and cold cuts are not given away free, why should BKV passes be free of charge?” he asked.