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.
The Tétényi Road station of metro 4 was the venue of a unique cultural event with the title of "Mind the Gap!" on the evening of May 14th. Now DBR Metro Project Directorate provided only the special location, even though the event is part of the series of cultural events of the metro builders began last year.
First instance the Municipal Court upheld the DBR Metro Project Directorate’s action and ordered the tabloid newspaper of Blikk for corrections with reference of three articles. DBR regrets that it had to turn to court with these issues, but unfortunately in recent weeks the newspaper posted factual errors in almost all of its articles on the metro 4 project despite the fact that DBR provides prompt and open communication on all issues – including negative events as well.
Budapest, 22nd April 2010
There will be post-works, but during the night in operation stop the experts repaired the hole occurred on the wall of metro 2 and stopped the ground water seepage, so this dawn trains could start and run with no speed restriction. Cause of the technical problem is being investigated by the DBR Metro Project Directorate. The tunnel borers will likely pass under the overpass in one and a half months, the technical problem occurred during the preparatory works. The temporary disturbance does not concern the metro construction.
This morning the north TBM of metro 4 arrived to the Népszínház Street station also, its south pair broke through the stop’s wall on 12th April. The second last tunnel section of some 450 meters has been built with no problems so far. Following the maintenance as usual at this time, machines may likely proceed in the first half of May towards the last, Keleti pályaudvar station. If everything goes by the plans and BAMCO can keep up this pace, then the tunnel works may end over the first section of the metro sometime in the second half of June.