Status and development of BKV

1. Status and development of BKV Gábor Nemecz Head of Department Department of Investment and Technical Development Forum forSustainableMobility and Metropolitan Development Alba Iulia , 8-9 April 2014

2. Contents The history of publictransportin Budapest 1. 2. Operationalenvironment of BKV 3. BKV as provider 4. Investments, developments

3. The history of publictransportin Budapest • In 1922 the Budapest Metropolitan Transport Company Limited (BSZKRT) was established. • BSZKRT ceased to exist in 1949. • The Budapest Transport Company was established on 1st January 1968. • From 1968 to 2010 BKV provided all tasks concerning traffic management, schedule, supervision, operating, maintenance and restoration. 1.

4. Operationalenvironment of BKV SERVICE ORDER PROVIDER • Maintenance and development of vehicles and infrastructure • Operation of vehicles and infrastructure • Insurance of drivers and repairmen • Assistancein BKK projects • Transport management • Schedules • Traffic management • Sales - controlling • Tasks concerning the traffic control and the transaction of complex transport development projects • Parts of costumer service CONTRACT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES • 8 years • Orderesservices: bus, raibound (tram, subway, suburbanrailway, trolleybus) and boat service • Finance: compensation OTHER PROVIDERS CONTRACT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES 2.

5. Number of passengers (in 2013) 3.

6. Rolling stock (30th September 2013.) 3.

7. BKV facessignificantlossesin market and startsdisadvantageouslyinthecontest, because of thenewmodel The traffic performance started to decline because of the new bus operating system. Thousandusefulvehicle km It is veryimpotrantinordertoassuretheefficiency of BKV to lessen theeffects of thediminishing performance. 3.

8. BKV’s service performance (Thousand place km) 3.

9. Services of BKV Supplyingpublictransport Budapest Agglomeration Bus Bus Trolleybus Tram Subway Suburbanrailway Suburbanrailway Boat 3.

10. Possibilities to keeping the passengers • To raise the service niveau: • Procurement of new vehicles • Procurement of modern and low-floor second-hand vehicles (bus, trolleybus) • Boat line on schedule • Modernization of suburban railway station and interior • Improving the bicycle transport possibilities in cogwheel vehicles • Infrastructural restorations, modernizations, change of superstructure on Grand Boulevard • Platform modernization • Optimalization of the transport net (Connected tramlines on Buda, coordinated transport with railroad and long-range bus services) • Ensuring equal opportunity • Giving prominence to environment (CNG buses) • Energy saving (T5C5 drive modernization, recuperation) 3.

11. Division of labourindevelopmentsbetween BKK and BKV PROVIDER: BKV SERVICE ORDER: BKK Assistance in BKK projects concerning public transport Financial resources for BKV are granted by BKK under the circumstances fixed in the Contract of Public Services Strategy – Planning–OrderingTicket and passsales – Ticket and passcontrollingTraffic managementExternalcommunication Finance Defining and guidance of developments 4.

12. 2014: procurement of second-hand and newbuses • Procurement of 37 second-hand Van Hool CNG (compressednaturalgas) busesfromDijon, thatstartsoperatinggraduallythisspringinthe South-Pest region of thecapital. • Procurement of 25 +20% second-hand, lowfloor, diesel, articulatedbuses SECOND-HAND PROCUREMENT • PKD construction: 3 + 500% new Ikarus buses, BKV as assembler • Procurement of 15 + 400% low-floor new solo bus is initiated (diesel / diesel-hybrid / electric) NEW PROCUREMENT 37 Van Hool A330 CNG 3+15 Ikarus V127 4.

13. Wemanufacturetrolleybuseswiththere-use of availableequipment and thecomplexrestoration of the Tatra trams start thisyear The construction of the trolleybus prototypes (reusing discarded bus bodies and trolleybus electronics) starts this year. The vehicles will be 12 meter long, double axled, low-floor, air-conditioned and capable of self-propelling. TROLLEYBUS RECONSTRUCTION The restoration and the modernization (with modern drive and control, new door control, new interior) of 25 (out of the 240 units) Tatra T5C5 vehicles fromthe 1980s begins in 2014. TRAM RESTORATION 3 IK 412.81 GT trolleybus 240 Tatra T5C5 tramrestoration 4.

14. M4 subway – a new line inthetransport of Budapest • The length of the new metro line of Budapest: 7,4 km • Kelenföld railway station – Keleti railway station • 15 new Alstom train, each of 4 walk-through units • The stations are located between 14,5 and 31 meters deep underground. • The budget of the project: 452,5 billion forints Bikás park Kálvin square 4.

15. Architizer A+ awards Szent Gellért tér and Fővám tér Stations of Metro 4 won the competition of Architizer.com architectural portal. Both the professional jury and the public found the Budapest stations as the best in bus- and railwaystation category. & JURY POP

16. Curiosity • The public transport of Budapest holds multiple records: • The 4 and 6 tram lines are Europe’s busiest lines, more than 200.000 people uses them per day. • The Siemens Combino Supra Budapest NF12B tram was the world’s longest walk-through tram, when it started operating • The M1 subway of Budapest was the first operating subway in the world. • The tram line 2 appears 7th on National Geographic’s top 10 list in the book Journeys of a Lifetime. 

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