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Opposition Party Calls on Gov't to Develop Fixed Track Transport Rather Than Buying Budapest Airport

• 16 Jan 2024 7:37 AM
• Hungary Matters

The opposition Socialists have called on the government to use central budget resources to develop fixed-track transport in Hungary rather than buying an airport.

“The country’s railway and suburban rail network is a shambles because the Fidesz government has failed to spend money on developing its fixed-track and community transport infrastructure in the past ten years,” the party’s deputy leader, László Varga, told a press conference.

He said community transport “is living its renaissance all over Europe”, adding that “fixed-track systems are the greenest and most sustainable form of transport”.

“The government is now preparing to spend some 1,536 billion forints (EUR 4.5bn) on buying an airport which it should spend on developing the country’s rail system,” said Varga.

MTI Photo: Attila Kovács

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