Suburban traffic development

“Nyugati” Railway Station is one of Budapest oldest and busiest railway hubs. Trains leave from here for Cegléd, Szolnok and Szeged and Lajosmizse. In addition, this is the railway station in Budapest where several suburban lines from the Danube Bend, Vác, Szob, Veresegyház, Esztergom terminate. Built in 1846, the capacity of the railway station can no longer meet the traffic demand. The railway station is technically, it is imperative to give a historical renovation to the main hall and to restructure the track network and the signalling system, to transform the track layout in order to increase capacity. The development was envisaged to improve the conditions and quality of passenger service.

VITECO Kft. was the general contractor of the work commissioned by the National Infrastructure Development Co. – (NIF) financed under the Transport Operational Programme while TRENECON was subcontracted. The front-end engineering and design of the project with the purpose to improve suburban transport included the complete reconstruction of the station’s entire rail system, and, among others, the passenger traffic facilities.

TRENECON’s railway design engineers were commissioned to deliver the permit designs, detailed designs and tender designs of the Városliget triangle track section. Thanks to the adamant efforts of our specialists the environmental permit procedure for the entire project was successfully completed. We performed the screening, delivered the project dossier as required and carried out the detailed environmental impact assessment as part of the design effort. The ultimate testimony of our professional work is that the final and binding construction permit and environmental permit were issued.