Viktor Szabadai, the party’s Budapest leader, said that the latest mishap to affect the aging Soviet-era metro 3 line, occurring at the Árpád Bridge station, showed that BKK chief Kálmán Dabóczi was unfit for his post.

He called it “scandalous” that after a heavy rain on Saturday, the station was flooded and tracks were inundated up until Sunday morning’s opening of service. Heavy rain leading to flooding of the track which incorporates a third rail to provide electric power “posed a danger, even if passengers were not allowed to enter the station at the time,” he said.

He demanded to know who was responsible for the weekend mishap, and referring to renovation work taking place at the station in question, requested information about which company was carrying out the work and whether it had also been assigned to other upgrade projects in Budapest.

Szabadai also said he wanted to know whether it was true that BKK had indicated on several occasions that the company carrying out the renovation work was not doing a proper job and had sought damages.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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