Várnagy Zoltán: Urban Transportation - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1994)

Today’s train providing express-like services

vehicles, other relics and photos illustrate the history of public transport in Budapest.

Interurban railways could also share the task of suburban passenger transportation. Today a syndicate is being formed to integrate the Hungarian State Railways, the interurban bus company Volán and BKV. The existing circular railway line, which runs virtually right round Budapest crossing the Danube twice over the Northern and Southern Railway Bridges, could also become an integral part of the city’s public transport system. Light trains could run around the capital enabling passengers to reach their destinations with the fewest possible changes. If the plans are put into practice, regular suburban trains providing direct links between various outlying districts could also relieve the Inner City of huge crowds.

There already exists one such train service running every half-hour between Nyugati (Western) Station and the town of Vác, thus providing easy access to all the places between Budapest and Vác stretching along the left bank of the Danube. However, light interurban trains in and around Budapest do not belong to the immediate future because of rival interests and the lack of funds.

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