Building new links in Budapest

摘要

Budapest is currently embarking upon its largest transport infrastructure scheme in decades. The US$2.3bn Metro Line 4 (M4) project will play a vital role in the development of the Hungarian capital's transportation network, linking new terminals in the southwest and northeast via a number of key metro and suburban raii interchanges (figure 1). It is hoped that these new terminals, which are located on the outskirts of the city centre adjacent to commuter motorways, will ease Budapest's significant traffic congestion problems.rnLine 4 is being built in two stages by DBR Metro Project Directory, a delivery entity that was established by the City's General Assembly in 2007. The first US$1.58bn phase of the project, which began in 2006 and is scheduled for completion in 2011, runs from Kelenfoeldi station on the Buda side of the city to Pest's central Keleti railway terminus. These Phase 1 works have been split into 11 main constructionrncontracts and include 10 stations and 7.3km of twin 5.2m i.d. running tunnel. The second phase of the line, from Keleti to Bosnyak Ter (Square), will comprise a further 3.2km of twin bore tunnel and four stations.