Migrant services cost railway company HUF 700m extra

Budapest, November 7 (MTI) – Unscheduled services in connection with the recent influx of migrants have incurred costs totalling 700 million forints (EUR 2.2m), national railways MAV reported on Saturday.

MAV chief Ilona David told public news television M1 that the amount was made up of overtime pay for railway employees, the cost of unscheduled trains as well as cleaning and disinfecting railway carriages.

David also said that similarly to soldiers, railway employees working with migrants would each receive a one-off bonus of 20,000 forints (EUR 64).

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters