Rail transport in Hungary explained

Hungary
Ridership:110 million (2017)[1]
Length:8057km (5,006miles)
Doublelength:1335km (830miles)
Ellength:3060km (1,900miles)
Hslength:0km (00miles)
Notunnels:21
Longesttunnel:Kopár-hágó tunnel
780m (2,560feet)
Longestbridge:Nagyrákos viadukt
1399m (4,590feet)

Rail transport in Hungary is mainly owned by the national rail company MÁV, with a significant portion of the network owned and operated by GySEV.

The railway network consists of 7,893 km, its gauge is and 3,060 km are electrified.

Hungary is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC country code for Hungary is 55.

Statistics

Note: The standard and broad gauge railways are operated by the State Railways and also the following narrow gauge railways: Nyíregyháza - Balsai Tisza part/Dombrád; Balatonfenyves - Somogyszentpál; Kecskemét - Kiskunmajsa/Kiskőrös and the Children's Railway in Budapest. All the other narrow gauge railways are run by State Forest companies or local non-profit organisations. See also Narrow gauge railways in Hungary.

Financial performance and corporate statistics

Rail links to adjacent countries

Same gauge:

Break-of-gauge (:

Urban rail

Commuter

The largest agglomeration of Hungary has a suburban rail system:

Metro

The largest city in Hungary has a Metro system:

Tram

See main article: List of town tramway systems in Hungary.

There are also tram systems in the following cities:

CitySystemElectrificationOperatorGaugeBidirectional trafficOpened
BudapestBudapest Tram600 V DCBKVRight-hand traffic30 July 1866
DebrecenDebrecen Tram600 V DCDKVRight-hand traffic16 March 1911
MiskolcMiskolc Tram600 V DCMVKRight-hand traffic10 July 1897
SzegedSzeged Tram600 V DCSZKTRight-hand traffic1 July 1884
HódmezővásárhelySzeged-Hódmezővásárhely Tram-train600 V DCMÁV-StartRight-hand traffic29 November 2021

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Railway Statistics – 2017 Synopsis . International Union of Railways, IUC . 2017 . 11 June 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407131706/https://uic.org/IMG/pdf/uic-statistics-synopsis-2017.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Consolidated Annual Report 2014 . Hungarian . 4 June 2015 . 30 July 2015 . Budapest . MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zrt..