The Bridge Report, which brought a turning point in the history of Budapest
A travel report that changed the history of Pest and Buda, as well as Hungary. The little book contributed to the change of half a thousand years of legal customs and the implementation of an investment of unprecedented size and technical quality. This book was The Bridge Report [Hídjelentés in Hungarian].
Dávid Vitézy
The contract has been signed, the railway tunnel under the Danube has taken another step closer to completion
February 17, 2022 at 6:30 PM
The railway tunnel connecting Kelenföld with the Western Railway Station by touching Széll Kálmán Square will be of paramount importance, as it will bring a leap forward development in the agglomeration, within Budapest and connecting the regions. However, the development will have a significant impact on the environment, which is why an environmental impact assessment study needs to be carried out, the contract for which has just been signed. In addition to surveying the soil, caves and springs, the study will also cover whether or not the dust and noise exposure of the population will increase.
The first visual plans of the Rákospalota – Újpest railway station have been completed
February 11, 2022 at 7:30 PM
The oldest railway station in Budapest, the Rákospalota – Újpest stop, will be renewed and modernized. The train station is neglected, cramped, not barrier-free, with tens of thousands used to travel daily. The Budapest Development Center commissioned the government to draw up the first visual plans, according to which the new narrow-gauge platforms at the new railway station will be replaced by spacious, covered, modern middle platforms. Access to the platforms will be completely unobstructed and the historic station building will be preserved and renovated during the upgrades.
The first buildings of the new Transport Museum received a building permit
November 30, 2021 at 2:00 PM
4 smaller buildings are being renovated in the area of the future home of the new Transport Museum, Kőbánya, the planned reconstruction of which has now received the building permit. Next year, after remediation and demolition work, their renovation will begin. The central museum building is still being planned, it is likely to receive a building permit in 2022.
Preparations for the development of the Gödöllő and Csömör HÉV will resume
July 1, 2021 at 4:30 PM
The planning of the connection of the H8 Gödöllő and the H9 Csömör suburban railway lines (HÉV - helyiérdekű vasút) and the metro line 2 continues. Part of the investment is the complete renovation of the suburban railway lines. The Örs Vezér Square's bus traffic will be transformed after the connection with the metro.
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The Bridge Report, which brought a turning point in the history of Budapest
A travel report that changed the history of Pest and Buda, as well as Hungary. The little book contributed to the change of half a thousand years of legal customs and the implementation of an investment of unprecedented size and technical quality. This book was The Bridge Report [Hídjelentés in Hungarian].
Drama on the university wall - The heroic monument was planned 95 years ago
In the constant hustle and bustle of the Egyetem Square in Pest, the students may not even notice the monument that decorates the short section of wall between the church and the central building of ELTE. However, it commemorates their predecessors, the heroes who fought for their country in World War I, and those who heroically helped them. The first design of the dramatically collapsing soldier was born in 1928, ninety-five years ago.
A message from the former school: An exhibition in memory of János Neumann was opened at the Fasori Secondary School
An exhibition was opened in János Neumann's former school, the Fasori Lutheran Secondary School, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the world-famous mathematician's birth. In the exhibition presenting the former Neumann milieu, paintings, graphics, photos, furniture, and objects tell the story of the art-supporting spirit of the noble bourgeois family at the turn of the century.