NEW M4 PROJECT SUMMARY NEWSLETTER

The works of the M4 Project has reached 70% completion this December. Having completed tunnelling last year, the contractor dismantled and removed the TBM shields and their back-up equipment. By the end of the year, the construction of all the station boxes on the line was completed. As it has often been said, the works now being carried out, trackwork, fit-out and systems installation, are what turn this underground system of concrete structures, the tunnels and station boxes, into an actual metro line. Apart from well advanced and visibly advancing surface reinstatement works, these are the works still to be completed before commercial test runs in the first half of 2014. The most spectacular construction work being over, all underground works are progressing according to schedule. It is these we wish to summarize, to give an overview of where the metro construction has reached, in this year-end newsletter.

Traffic Order Changes at Rákóczi tér

Night Traffic Diversion on the Pest-side Lower Quay

The contractor of Fővám tér station, Hídépítő Zrt., will begin to dismantle the temporary structure, the so-called container bridge, above the Pest-side lower quay on 22 August 2011.

Technical University Quay is Opened to Traffic

After over two years, the quay in front of the Technical University is reopened to traffic, as the surface works of the construction of M4 are largely completed. Parallel, the construction of the metro line underneath continues according to programme.

DBR Project Director Steps Down

As the Director of DBR Metro Project Directorate, Gusztáv Klados led the construction of Metro Line 4 from October 2008 until 31 January 2011. Internationally acclaimed, he discussed his resignation with the Budapest city leadership, and left the company under terms mutually agreed.

Container Fire at Gellért tér

For reasons yet unknown, four office containers of a subcontractor caught fire at the construction of the Szent Gellért tér station of M4. The fire spread to eight other containers.