Budapest tram expansion gets green light with 32.2 billion forint funding

Budapest is set to advance the second phase of its Buda tram network expansion, with Minister of Transport and Investment Dávid Vitézy announcing the signing of a support agreement that secures 32.2 billion forints in financing.

The project, which has seen its preparatory stages largely completed during the previous government cycle, includes detailed designs ready for implementation. This phase will extend the tram line from Szent Gellért Square along Műegyetem rakpart to Budafoki út. It encompasses the construction of 2.8 kilometers of new double-track tram lines, seven pairs of accessible stops, and over a kilometer of grassed track.

New infrastructure will also include a new terminus at Dombóvári út. The expanded line will serve key locations such as the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the ELTE campus, Infopark, the Kopaszi-gát area, and the Nádorkert station of the southern circular railway.

Vitézy highlighted this project as one of the first major transport investments to utilize newly released European Union funds. Utility relocation work is slated to commence in the fall, with significant construction activities expected to begin in 2027.

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This is one of the first major transport investments that can be realized using the liberated European Union funds.