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Trams run again on Fehérvári Road
The tram traffic restarts on Fehérvári Road as early as 23 July well before scheduled the date of August promised last year. The sidewalls and the floor of Bocskai Station were complete last year and a large part of the previously closed area is available again for the traffic.
Tramline 2 will change due to Metro Line 4 construction. Fehérvári Road will reopen for the traffic.
Attention! Tramline 2 will change on 25 June!
Due to the construction of the Metro Line 4, the track of Tramline 2 will be divided into two independent sections, as of 25 June. These two independent sections will be separated by Fővám Square and tram substitution buses will be provided to ensure the smooth public transport. Tramline 2 is expected to run on its full line about 21 months later.
GREEN METRO: Several billion forints spent on environment protection
Metro Line 4 will be a green metro not only in its colours. It can be said with good reason about the metro project, that it is a “green project” in its quality too. Not only for the reason that the newly constructed metro line itself brings about the improvement of several environmental factors (noise, smog, traffic jam), but also because particular attention has been paid to the environment protection as early as in the construction phase.
Announcement of results of the drawing competition titled My Friend the Metro
Several dozen school classes had registered and several hundred drawings were received. The jury had some troubles in the selection of those of the witty and clever competitive drawings, which they found as worthy of remuneration.
Tram lines No 4 and No 6 are closed for traffic on the weekend due to the construction of the fourth line of the metro
Due to the construction of the new metro line buses replace tram lines No 4 and No 6 on the weekend. The tram traffic is suspended due to two jobs to be implemented in a strictly harmonized manner (for the details click here).
The surprises of BKV’s children’s day achieved great success
On Children’s Day thousands of children gathered for the BKV event on Deák Square renamed on this day “Children’s Square”. Along with their parents the children enjoyed the concert of the 100 Folk Celsius group and were pleased with the small gifts received.
Boros and Bochkor “baptize” the tunnel boring machines
By the results of voting closed earlier the popular broadcasters, Lajos Boros and Gábor Bochkor received the largest number of votes. The commentators solemnly baptized Boros and Bochkor the two TBMs named as S355 and S354 earlier.
Metro construction on Fővám Square: from May 14 the lower quay on the Pest side between Közraktár Street and Belgrád Quay will be closed for traffic for three and a half months
The preparations to the construction of the Fővám Square metro station started in March with the replacement of utilities. The next milestone of the project is May 14, when the construction of station structure is commenced with the construction of 40 to 46 meter deep diaphragm walls.
Metro construction at the Keleti Railway Station(TRAFFIC CHANGES: the construction works of the fourth line of the metro arrived to yet another station)
The temporary terminus of the first section of the new line of the metro will be at the Keleti Railway Station, providing transfer between metro lines No 2 and No 4. The construction of the station begins on May 10 with the replacement of the utility lines.
Bochkor and Boros bore the underground tunnel
Upon the initiative of Miklós Hagyó, Deputy Mayor, the bid for the eponymy of the two tunnel boring machines currently having the not quite poetic names TBM S355 and TBM S354 started on April 2.