Some statistics of Budapest transit.
https://bkk.hu/en/about-bkk/about-us/bkk-in-numbers/
Tony P
On Saturday, 3 June 2023 at 18:38:53 UTC+10 TP wrote:
> Budapest and Prague are the greatest tram operations in the world in terms
> of size, intensity and patronage. It's interesting to study them side by
> side. They have many similar characteristics, such as the operational
> style, but a notable difference is that Budapest has far fewer, but much
> longer trams because they don't operate so close together because of the
> stubbed system, whereas Prague with its looped system has 2.5 times as many
> trams, but 30 metres long and much more intense frequencies. Budapest
> retained its trolleybus system, whereas Prague is only just reinstating its
> system. Both have huge bus operations, as well as metro. In both cities,
> metro transports the most passengers, but in Prague, trams are the second
> biggest carrier and buses third, while in Budapest buses are second and
> trams third.
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> On Saturday, 3 June 2023 at 16:45:23 UTC+10 pn1 wrote:
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>> Good to hear Michael. My partner and I are yet to experience Budapest but
>> it’s on the bucket list.
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>> I always enjoy reading of others’ “tramway adventures”.
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>> Paul in Melbourne
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>> On 3 Jun 2023, at 15:46, Michael Lewis mdlew...@...> wrote:
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>> I've been in Budapest, Hungary, for the last few days. My wife and I and
>> her local cousin, have been using our 72 hour travel passes to experience
>> the multiple forms of transit.
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>> We have travelled on totally rebuilt, Czech originated trams, on Siemens,
>> Alstoms, on many locally built or adapted, others, and seen the latest CAF
>> in operation. We have used buses, small and large, trolley buses, metros,
>> old and new, and the outer suburban, "light rail" - using East German built
>> trains. EVERY mode operates with incredible frequency and speed. Extremely
>> efficient with enormous patronage with very many change points from line to
>> line and mode to mode. At each change point, there is almost always, the
>> next mode arriving immediately. The contrast to Sydney is stark. It does
>> help that the largely 19thC, new, city was laid out with broad streets. The
>> tram lines are separated from the roadways by lines of semi spherical
>> cobbles to keep the cars out. The speed of operation, in both real reserved
>> track - a very large part - and on the streets, would have Australian
>> safety operators cringing in horror. There are currently several metros,
>> which are built as separate lines, with crossover centres at key stations.
>> Their operation is virtually separate from each other, making the point of
>> interoperability largely irrelevant. It is a massive success story from
>> both an operational and public - usefulness, point of view. And,
>> announcements and signage are in Hungarian and English. It well worth
>> visiting.
>>
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