Developments of GYSEV in Szombathely-Szentgotthárd railway line region completed

In an investment of over HUF 600m, Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurt Railway Company (GYSEV Ltd.) has fundamentally transformed public transport in the settlements along the Szombathely-Szentgotthárd railway line in the course of two years.

The railway company has now opened for traffic the last developments of its investments financed by the New Széchenyi Plan, it was announced in Körmend on 11 December, 2013. The Körmend railway station has been refurbished, car and bicycle parking facilities have been added to several railway stations and the overhead pedestrian crossing in Körmend has been completed as well. As a result of the series of developments, the number of passengers along the Szombathely-Szentgotthárd railway line has demonstrably grown already.

Within the framework of the project, parking facilities for 192 cars and 792 bicycles have been established by the company at 10 various sites.  Passengers are thus able to leave their locally used vehicles at the stations when switching to trains and reach their destinations travelling comfortably, door to door. New parking lots and bicycle parking facilities have been set up in Szombathely, Rátót, Szentgotthárd, Ják–Balogunyom, Egyházasrádóc, Körmend, Horvátnádalja, Alsórönök and Csákánydoroszló. In Csörötnek there are three new bus stops facilitating comfortable transport.

The Körmend station has been developed by GYSEV into an intermodal transport hub. The passengers of buses and trains are served at joint ticket offices and there is a uniform passenger information system displaying timetable information. The ground floor of the station has been refurbished; there is a comfortable, clean and nice waiting room and the overhead pedestrian crossing above the rails, equipped with an elevator, has been completed as well. All the new establishments have been granted certificates of use and opened for transport by 11 December 2013. The construction of the overhead crossing is still to continue towards the other part of the town and is expected to be completed by spring.