Regional Impacts of Public Transport Development in the Agglomeration of Budapest in Hungary

Szilvia Erdei-Gally (), Tomasz Witko and Attila Erdei
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Szilvia Erdei-Gally: Institute of Business and Management, Budapest Metropolitan University, Nagy Lajos Kiraly ut 1-9, 1148 Budapest, Hungary
Tomasz Witko: Department of Product Technology and Ecology, Krakow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
Attila Erdei: Institute of Business and Management, Budapest Metropolitan University, Nagy Lajos Kiraly ut 1-9, 1148 Budapest, Hungary

Geographies, 2025, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-21

Abstract: Budapest and its metropolitan area serve as a key railway hub both within Hungary and across Europe, intersected by multiple European rail corridors and characterized by substantial suburban traffic driven by daily commuters from surrounding areas. The Budapest agglomeration is served by 11 rail lines to Budapest managed by the MÁV Group Company (MÁV: Magyar Államvasutak Co., Budapest, Hungary) is a railway company owned by the Hungarian state). The majority of these are high-capacity, mostly double-track electrified main lines, which play a major role in long-distance and international transport. The main goal of the MÁV Group Company is the continuous development of the quality of passenger transport in Hungary and Europe, quality improvement in passenger comfort, sales, and passenger information systems, and the introduction of up-to-date, environmentally friendly means and solutions. Infrastructure plays a decisive role in the development and transformation of the country and its regions, municipalities, and settlement systems. The development of transport infrastructure not only dynamically transforms and shapes spatial structures but also initiates processes of internal differentiation. In our study, statistical analysis of municipalities and rail-based public transport confirmed a positive correlation between the modernization of transport infrastructure and selected demographic indicators.

Keywords: infrastructure; railway; reconstruction; suburban; urban areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q15 Q5 Q53 Q54 Q56 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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