Balázs Fürjeswrote: Last night the government decision was published in the Hungarian Gazette: the government approved the Budapest Agglomeration Railway Strategy (BAVS) developed jointly with the European Union.
The problem
Getting from the outer districts and the agglomeration today is almost impossible to get to and from the city. While Budapest is not only made up of the city center - those living in the outer districts and the agglomeration also have good transport! One million people come by car from the agglomeration and the outer districts to the inner city every day. Work, study, use services. Understandably, they come by car because public transport is not reliable enough, not dense enough, fast and convenient. We stand in traffic jams. The downtown is paralyzed by too many simultaneous road closures in the capital, traffic restrictions, and lane-blocking by many. Not only are we wasting our time, but the air is getting worse and there is tremendous stress at work or getting home. The situation will only get worse by itself: the population of the outer districts and the settlements around the capital is constantly growing.
This challenge needs to be addressed, and in this the railway is the gold reserve of the city and its surroundings.
The solution
The goals are simple: everyone gets to their destination faster and more comfortably, there are fewer traffic jams, the air is cleaner. The solution is the continuous development of public transport, making it more attractive, the construction of the missing northern (Aquincumi) and southern (Galvani) border bridges, related bypass elements, thus relieving the city center and establishing a large number of PR, BR car parks at external junctions to park the car. , bicycle.
Transport for the development of Budapest and its surroundings is essential - but not enough! - condition for the development of the railway. This is of national and European significance, as Budapest is today a bottleneck for the railway. By train, it is difficult to cross the Danube at only one point (Southern connecting) - while European lines and national passenger transport would also find their way here between east and west, north and south.
The railway must once again become an important means of transport within Budapest and a much more used means of travel between the Budapest agglomeration! We need to make Budapest much more interoperable for rail travel in Europe, Hungary, the city region and Budapest! The Budapest Agglomeration Railway Strategy guarantees this. With the development of the railway, we will double the number of people arriving and returning from the suburbs by train. Experience shows that such a doubling has taken place on the recently renovated lines in Esztergom and Székesfehérvár.
How
The comprehensive Budapest Agglomeration Railway Strategy (https://budapestvasut2040.hu/) ensures that the objectives are met, in particular by:
4X: There will be at least four trains an hour from every suburban train station to Budapest,
3X: At least three metro lines will be available without transfer,
2X: The number of people arriving in Budapest by train and not by car from the agglomeration doubles.
1X: The integrated fare community will be implemented, a single pass or ticket for rail, bus, metro or tram will suffice during the trip.
All this can be achieved if the modernization of the railway is comprehensive.
Therefore:
️ The modern vehicle procurement started by the government continues, many people are already using the new Flirt and KISS trains;
️ We are constantly renewing railway stations;
️ We will create much larger capacity through stations instead of the current main stations;
️ We will develop the infrastructure and create a service that will network Budapest. With the construction of a railway tunnel connecting Kelenföld, South and West railway stations, we are implementing a plan of more than 100 years;
️ The liberated rust zones, new community spaces and parks can be reborn!
The point can also be seen in this video:https://youtu.be/cS1-vxxRIko
We will make public transport more attractive, faster and more convenient, especially the most environmentally friendly and most people-friendly (in other words: “most capacious”) fixed-track transport, the railway.
Based on the decision, the national governments of the next two decades will spend another HUF 3,000 billion (plus HUF 1,000 billion on the development of HÉV) for the significant development of transport in Budapest and the urban area, mainly from EU funds! Today, 75% of MÁV's total annual passenger traffic (including 160 million people per year!) Is generated by traffic between Budapest and the agglomeration of the capital. railways are really used here by the Hungarians - this is where they need to be developed most dynamically!
As the Secretary of State for the Development of Budapest and the Agglomeration, I would like to thank Dávid Vitézy and our staff for their joint work. The strategy was prepared by the government's Budapest Development Center in cooperation with JASPERS experts, with the support of the European Union's European Network Financing Facility, MÁV and the Ministry of Information and Technology. It doesn't go it alone, but as a team we can do a lot!
Is this two-decade strategy plan credible?
Yes, because there will be a source for it. The first HUF 1,500 billion plan for the twenty-year plan will be guaranteed by the European Union until 2027.
Yes, because experience shows that where we modernize the railways, the number of passengers doubles. As the examples of Esztergom and Székesfehérvár in the picture show, there are also lines and stations where traffic has quadrupled.
Yes, because the plan is not a rough vision, but a thorough professional work with half a year of civil and professional consultation with the EU's transport bodies, including more than 200 detailed short-, medium- and long-term measures - cf.https://budapestvasut2040.hu/
Most of the work is coming now, but every long journey begins with the first step. It is good that BAVS was also supported by Gergely Karácsony and the city government when we discussed it in detail at the Budapest Council for Public Development. We left!
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