This spring, we celebrate the rebirth of the capital's busiest transport line: it's been two years since metro line M3 was reopened. Thanks to the reconstruction of the infrastructure and the stations, Budapesters and visitors to the capital had almost a new metro line back in the spring of 2023.
On the 150th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda, on 17 November 2023, Mayor Gergely Karácsony presented the Awards for Budapest, the Pro Urbe Budapest Awards and the Citizen of Budapest Awards at the Széchenyi Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
BKV Zrt. Metro Reconstruction Project Directorate closed the five and a half year reconstruction of the blue metro line with a major event on 25 September 2023.
Birthday underground:
two years since the completion of the reconstruction of metro line M3
This spring, we celebrate the rebirth of the capital's busiest transport line: it's been two years since metro line M3 was reopened. Thanks to the reconstruction of the infrastructure and the stations, Budapesters and visitors to the capital had almost a new metro line back in the spring of 2023.
Photo: BKK
As a part of a comprehensive reconstruction on the new line, a modern track will be built, there will be a complete electrical reconstruction, the safety equipement will be replaced, the train control system and conductor systems will be replaced, the passenger areas and the stations will be renovated. The renovation of the trains have already started. The first refurbished trains have been in operation since March of 2017.
