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Traffic between Slovakia and Hungary to resume on several railway lines
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Great news emerged: the Slovak Ministry of Transport plans to reopen several regional rail links between Slovakia and Hungary.
The Slovak Ministry of Transport plans to restart several Slovak-Hungarian regional rail connections, the ministry in question told the Hungarian News Agency (MTI).
According to the statement, the first rail links to be reopened are those between Lučenec (Losonc) and Hatvan and between Košice (Kassa) and Hidasnémeti. In a second phase, four other interstate regional rail connections could be revived, pending negotiations with Hungarian MÁV-Start, Paraméter reports.
According to the Slovak Ministry of Transport, the Lučenec-Fiľakovo-Salgótarján-Hatvan line could be connected to the Zvolen (Zólyom), Rimavská Sobota (Rimaszombat) and Rožňava (Rozsnyó) lines in Slovakia and to the Košice-Budapest EC in Hatvan, Hungary.
Once-popular Slovakia-Hungary railway lines to reopen
It is planned that trains would run every hour during peak hours and every two hours off-peak. On the Košice-Čaňa-Hidasnémeti line, trains are also expected to run at hourly intervals during peak hours.
