Suburban trains in
Budapest
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are known in
Hungarian as ''Budapesti elővárosi vonatok'', serving fourteen lines in the
Budapest metropolitan area
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, three of which are part of the
BHÉV system. The system is operated by
Hungarian State Railways
The Hungarian State Railways (, , formally MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (MÁV Zrt.). The full official name of the company is MÁV-csoport () now commonly known as MÁV) is the Hungary, Hungarian natio ...
.
Services
The HÉV lines are indicated by a H letter followed by a number. H5 terminates at Szentendre, H6 at Ráckeve, H8 at Gödöllő and 9 at Csömör. H7 does not cross the administrative boundary of Budapest. The numbering was introduced in 2011, continuing with the numbering of the existing M4 subway line.
From 15 December 2013, suburban trains departing from the
Budapest-Déli Railway Terminal were piloted, and from 14 December 2014 all suburban trains received numbered services.
Trains that stop at every station are designated as S (similar to numerous
S-train
The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ...
services), trains making fewer stops are designated as G, and express trains are designated as Z.
Lines
, the following services are operated:
Future developments
Plans exist to build a cross-city tunnel linking
Déli station with
Nyugati station to provide through services between the two.
Between the
Budapest-Kelenföld and Ferencváros stations, the construction of the third and in some sections the fourth track will be built, in addition to the complete renovation of the existing tracks.
New stations are being built at Közvágóhíd and Újbuda under the name Nádorkert.
References
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Rail transport in Budapest
Rapid transit in Hungary
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