Strabag awarded rail contract in Hungary

Strabag is to electrify and upgrade the 51 km railway line between Budapest and Esztergom under a contract awarded by Hungarian investment company, NIF (National Infrastructure Development). The contract, valued at around US$120.5 million (€108 million), will be carried out as a joint venture with TRSZ and MVM OVIT. Construction will begin this summer and is scheduled for completion in 2018. The contract includes new stairs, wide platforms, pedestrian underpass and barrier-free access and noise barriers
September 19, 2016 Read time: 1 min
3861 Strabag is to electrify and upgrade the 51 km railway line between Budapest and Esztergom under a contract awarded by Hungarian investment company, NIF (National Infrastructure Development).  The contract, valued at around US$120.5 million (€108 million), will be carried out as a joint venture with TRSZ and MVM OVIT. Construction will begin this summer and is scheduled for completion in 2018.

The contract includes new stairs, wide platforms, pedestrian underpass and barrier-free access and noise barriers at some of the stations, as well as new tracks and station building renovation at others.

The entire section will be electrified with a 25-kV overhead line. To safeguard the electricity supply for the railway line, a new power substation will be built in Dorog while the existing substation at Budapest-Istvántelek will be expanded. A new maintenance facility for the railway electrification systems will be built at Óbuda station.

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