There was a metro accident in Budapest: there will be replacement buses next week, the police have started an investigation
The Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) informed MTI on Sunday that on January 22, at 0:10 a.m., one metro train collided with another train in the area of the Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal closed to passengers, so both vehicles derailed. During the accident, one of the trains collided with a third stationary metro train. The vehicles did not carry passengers and no one was injured in the accident. The police are investigating the circumstances of the case with the help of experts. There was no interrogation of the suspect, the BRFK wrote.
On Saturday, BKV informed MTI that two metro trains had collided in the “pull-out” section of line 3 in Kőbánya-Kispest, and a third train was stuck in the area. Both the traffic safety organization and the BKV are investigating the circumstances of the case. The assessment of the material damage is in progress, wrote BKV.
The Budapest Transport Center (BKK) wrote on Sunday:
due to the accident, the traffic order on the line will change from Monday, January 24th.
This means that until the completion of the restoration works, the Kőbánya-Kispest station can only be reached on weekdays by a metro replacement bus. As a result, metro line 3 only runs on the sections between Újpest Center and Lehel Square, and between the station between Nagyvárad Square and Határ út, it was reported.
Cover image source: MTI / Zoltán Máthé. The renovated Ecseri út station on the handover of the renovated southern section of metro line 3 between Nagyvárad tér and Kőbánya-Kispest on 22 October 2020.