Travel chaos as trains come to a standstill at major Budapest railway station – UPDATE

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S76 train at Aquincum stop. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Vince

From Monday afternoon, trains will not depart or arrive at the Déli Railway Station indefinitely, MÁVINFORM reports.

According to MÁV, the affected trains will typically arrive and depart from Kelenföld station. Suburban trains on the Győr main line, Székesfehérvár and Pusztaszabolcs lines depart and come from other stations in Budapest.

Between the two stations, you can take the BKK bus lines 139, 140, 140A to Sasadi út, from where you can walk to the Kelenföld station in a few minutes. Train tickets are accepted on these buses and along the entire M2 and M4 metro lines.

Reason for the traffic disruption

The traffic disruption was caused by an incident involving an S12 train (4435) from Kelenföld, which continued towards Déli station despite a prohibition signal. Train traffic is suspended on the section between Budapest-Kelenföld and Déli station until the situation is investigated. The reorganisation of train services is currently underway.

As previously reported, Keleti station has been closed twice due to train derailments, the latest incident: Train derailed at Keleti station, several trains delayed

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UPDATE

According to the latest information, traffic has been restored at the Déli Railway Station (Déli Pályaudvar).

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