The largest railway investment project of recent years has been completed – Freight transport has commenced on the Budapest-Belgrade line

Zsolt Hegyi wrote that the rebuilt 150 railway line is now being tested under real traffic conditions with daily freight traffic before passenger traffic can return to it. All measurements and track tests have confirmed that the line meets all the infrastructure and transport safety requirements necessary for freight train operations. However, safety depends on two factors: not only on railway workers, but also on other road users, the CEO pointed out.

Motorists are urged to exercise caution

Zsolt Hegyi asked travellers not to approach railway crossings out of habit. People living in the area have long been accustomed to trains not running on the track, but from now on, trains may once again arrive regularly and at high speed on the line.

The track was upgraded over a distance of 160 km.

He pointed out that the renovation of railway line 150 was the largest railway investment in Hungary in recent years, and that the old, poor-quality, single-track railway line running 160 kilometres from Ferencváros to the Hungarian-Serbian border station in Kelebia had been replaced by a double-track railway line with state-of-the-art passenger facilities, capable of speeds of 160 kilometres per hour. The first train a few minutes after midnight was the MÁV Railtours freight train, led by the Siemens Vectron locomotive, which arrived as part of the locomotive renewal programme, he said.