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The Hungarian intermodal market keeps growing

Marco Raimondi
September 23, 2025
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There is some good news for rail freight and intermodality coming from Hungary: container movements and the rail transport of semi-trailers are steadily increasing. “The…

Hungary extends single wagonload subsidies

Marco Raimondi
September 5, 2025
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To the relief of the rail freight sector, the Hungarian government has decided to allocate 6,4 billion forints (16 million euros) to incentivise single wagonload…

Rail freight in Hungary experiences ‘brutal decline’

Marco Raimondi
August 14, 2025
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The first quarter of 2025 was not a good time for the Hungarian rail freight sector. The domestic performance dropped by 24.8%, while the international…

Hungary: rail freight underperforms, intermodal booms

Guest authors
May 12, 2025
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Hungarian rail freight and intermodal transport went through vastly different developments in 2024. Whereas rail freight struggled financially, intermodal saw explosive growth. The rail freight…

Railway companies in Hungary ‘are struggling for survival’

Marco Raimondi
March 19, 2025
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The state of Hungarian railways is outdated, hindering the country’s chances of playing a key role for the supply chain of Eastern Europe. Data shows…

Railway companies in Hungary ‘are struggling for survival’

Marco Raimondi
March 19, 2025
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The state of Hungarian railways is outdated, hindering the country’s chances of playing a key role for the supply chain of Eastern Europe. Data shows…

Hungarian rail logistics brace for 6 years of infrastructure upgrades

Nikos Papatolios
August 2, 2024
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The coming six years until 2030 will see the Hungarian railway network undergoing significant upgrades. No matter their necessity, those upgrades are also expected to…

Simultaneous track renovation strains Hungarian intermodal operations

Nikos Papatolios
July 26, 2024
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August will be a busy period for Hungarian rail infrastructure workers since they will be occupied with renovating critical railway links. Those include the Gubacsi…

Rail associations in Central and Eastern Europe sound the alarm for DAC

Marco Raimondi
July 5, 2024
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Seven rail associations from Central and Eastern Europe presented their doubts about the deployment plan for the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) to the EU’s Directorate-General…

Surprise, surprise: TACs in Hungary are about to rise

Marco Raimondi
May 23, 2024
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Hungary will increase its Track Access Charges (TAC) by 14 per cent from 1 September 2024. This is the first time in two decades that TACs in the country have been increased in the middle of a year, as Hungarian rail association Hungrail pointed out. “The increase will most likely cause more damage to the…