99 result(s) for first metro line
Revamped Metro 3 Trains To Enter Service On Monday
- 20 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- getting around
The first revamped trains are to enter service on metro line 3 on Monday, Budapest Transport’s (BKV) CEO Tibor Bolla told the Saturday edition of daily Magyar Nemzet. Moscowbased company Metrowagonmash has already delivered 5 trains, each consisting of 6 carriages, to Budapest, which are to enter service by the end of April, Bolla said.
Tarlós: Four Revamped Metro Carriages On Line 3 In Budapest From March
- 17 Mar 2017 12:00 AM
- getting around
The first four revamped metro carriages will be introduced in traffic on line 3 before the end of March, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said in an interview with news portal Index. He said the necessary funding is available for the entire revamp of the metro line and expressed hope that this time round the bids to be submitted for the project will not be overpriced.
Opinion: The Perils Of Being An Opposition Politician In Hungary
- 31 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t know whether I will be able to make a coherent story out of the mess the Orbán government most likely has purposefully created regarding the report of the European Commission’s European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on irregularities—fraud and possible corruption—in connection with the construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line (M4). The report covered the period between 2006 and 2015.
Budapest Approves Final 2024 Olympic Locations, Opposition Slams Mayor
- 26 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- sport
The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Budapest’s mayor, István Tarlós, has failed to discuss proposals concerning renovating the third metro line or handling the capital’s current smog problem, a Socialist representative said. Budapest assembly approves final 2024 Olympic locations.
Socialists, LMP Support Signature Drive To Thwart Budapest 2024 Olympic Plans
- 20 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- sport
Both the opposition Socialist and LMP parties back an NGO initiative to collect signatures demanding Hungary drop its bid to host the Olympic Games in Budapest in 2024.
Mikael C Szabo - Former Managing Director FOX AUTORENT
- 17 Jan 2015 11:00 AM
Born in Sweden, raised in Germany, I first came to Budapest in 1997 on an assignment for Regus. I was very impressed with the city, and after a year in Moscow I permanently moved here in 2000.
XpatLoop Interview: Paul St John Mackintosh, Senior Consultant, Capital Communications
- 8 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
Paul St John Mackintosh is a business media professional as well as a published poet, writer and translator. He worked for 12 years in Greater China as a journalist and PR executive before moving to Hungary, with regular trips to Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea and other markets.
Jerome Simpson, Coordinator, Civitas Vanguard
- 25 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Born and raised in the UK in 1971, Jerome Simpson holds a BSc degree in Information Science which was obtained from Leeds Metropolitan University before graduating the International Space University. A keen traveler, he has lived in Budapest, Hungary since 1994, putting his knowledge management skills to noble use since 1995 for the benefit of civil society, cleaner and safer cities and the ...
Xpat Interview: Linda Vadász
- 1 Feb 2010 11:00 AM
Linda is a native New Yorker who majored in political science and minored in art history at Hunter College. She met her husband while they both worked in media in The Big Apple. She eventually combined her interest in politics and love of the arts with a career in arts administration in Massachusetts.
Revamped Metro 3 Trains To Enter Service On Monday
- 20 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- getting around
The first revamped trains are to enter service on metro line 3 on Monday, Budapest Transport’s (BKV) CEO Tibor Bolla told the Saturday edition of daily Magyar Nemzet. Moscowbased company Metrowagonmash has already delivered 5 trains, each consisting of 6 carriages, to Budapest, which are to enter service by the end of April, Bolla said.
Tarlós: Four Revamped Metro Carriages On Line 3 In Budapest From March
- 17 Mar 2017 12:00 AM
- getting around
The first four revamped metro carriages will be introduced in traffic on line 3 before the end of March, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said in an interview with news portal Index. He said the necessary funding is available for the entire revamp of the metro line and expressed hope that this time round the bids to be submitted for the project will not be overpriced.
Opinion: The Perils Of Being An Opposition Politician In Hungary
- 31 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t know whether I will be able to make a coherent story out of the mess the Orbán government most likely has purposefully created regarding the report of the European Commission’s European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on irregularities—fraud and possible corruption—in connection with the construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line (M4). The report covered the period between 2006 and 2015.
Budapest Approves Final 2024 Olympic Locations, Opposition Slams Mayor
- 26 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- sport
The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Budapest’s mayor, István Tarlós, has failed to discuss proposals concerning renovating the third metro line or handling the capital’s current smog problem, a Socialist representative said. Budapest assembly approves final 2024 Olympic locations.
Socialists, LMP Support Signature Drive To Thwart Budapest 2024 Olympic Plans
- 20 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- sport
Both the opposition Socialist and LMP parties back an NGO initiative to collect signatures demanding Hungary drop its bid to host the Olympic Games in Budapest in 2024.
Mikael C Szabo - Former Managing Director FOX AUTORENT
- 17 Jan 2015 11:00 AM
Born in Sweden, raised in Germany, I first came to Budapest in 1997 on an assignment for Regus. I was very impressed with the city, and after a year in Moscow I permanently moved here in 2000.
XpatLoop Interview: Paul St John Mackintosh, Senior Consultant, Capital Communications
- 8 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
Paul St John Mackintosh is a business media professional as well as a published poet, writer and translator. He worked for 12 years in Greater China as a journalist and PR executive before moving to Hungary, with regular trips to Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea and other markets.
Jerome Simpson, Coordinator, Civitas Vanguard
- 25 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Born and raised in the UK in 1971, Jerome Simpson holds a BSc degree in Information Science which was obtained from Leeds Metropolitan University before graduating the International Space University. A keen traveler, he has lived in Budapest, Hungary since 1994, putting his knowledge management skills to noble use since 1995 for the benefit of civil society, cleaner and safer cities and the ...
Xpat Interview: Linda Vadász
- 1 Feb 2010 11:00 AM
Linda is a native New Yorker who majored in political science and minored in art history at Hunter College. She met her husband while they both worked in media in The Big Apple. She eventually combined her interest in politics and love of the arts with a career in arts administration in Massachusetts.

















