Balatonfenyvesi rebuild the railway csisztafürdői branches by the end of next year
Next year begins Balatonfenyvesi railway csisztafürdői branch reconstruction of 2.1 billion forints, the work is carried out according to plan until the end of the year - said Homolya Robert, President and CEO of MÁV Wednesday press conference Balatonfenyvesen the railway was completed Somogyszentpál stretch of track repair.
The traffic on the economic railway in Balatonfenyves resumed at the weekend after the completion of the renovation works that have been going on in several stages since last year.
At the presentation, MÁV President and CEO Róbert Homolya said that the government provided 433 million forints for the reconstruction of the light rail track with its 2016 decision for the development of narrow-gauge railways, which the railway company supplemented with another 41 million forints from its own resources.
He said about the continuation of the renovation, the MÁV received the funds, so next year the complete reconstruction of the 8.3-kilometer section of the Fenyves light railway from Imremajor to Csisztafürdő, which has been out of service for 18 years and is now covered with vegetation, will begin.
The president and CEO of MÁV also spoke about the fact that in the two months of this year's summer season, the passenger traffic of the Fenyves light railway increased by more than 54 percent compared to last year, with around 50,000 people traveling on the flights in July and August.
From the beginning of December, hikers and people living in the area can travel on the light railway with 10 daily flights, and during the summer peak season, 14 trains depart daily. The trains cover the 14-kilometer journey in 40 minutes.
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