Eisenbahnprojekt Budapest–Belgrad in großen Schwierigkeiten: Unerklärlich hohe Kosten auf ungarischer Seite und chinesische Ausrüstung, die nicht den EU-Standards entspricht.
https://telex.hu/g7/kozelet/2026/03/02/budapest-belgrad-muszaki-problemak-biztositoberendezes-vonatbefolyasolas-tehervonatok
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English translation of the original [telex.hu](http://telex.hu) reporting [here](https://telex-hu.translate.goog/g7/kozelet/2026/03/02/budapest-belgrad-muszaki-problemak-biztositoberendezes-vonatbefolyasolas-tehervonatok?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp)
„Inexplicably“ lmfao
Let me explicate for you
It’s due to mind boggling rents extracted by Orban’s famous corruption machine
From the [article](https://telex-hu.translate.goog/g7/kozelet/2026/03/02/budapest-belgrad-muszaki-problemak-biztositoberendezes-vonatbefolyasolas-tehervonatok?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp) :
“ The Budapest-Belgrade project bears the typical features of the Fidesz government’s operations:
The development was decided on political grounds, while there was no need for such a level of reconstruction of the line, two tracks along the entire length are far too much for traffic, and there would have been a much greater need for railway development elsewhere. The return on the investment of roughly one thousand billion forints, including everything else, is unpromising, it would take a thousand years . The development was decided in a secret intergovernmental agreement, without sufficient professional preparation, and experts involved in the project were not even allowed near the decisions. Lőrinc Mészáros‘ company became the chosen contractor with a Chinese partner, but the costs are incomprehensibly high. The project is shrouded in obscurity and secrecy, and is characterized by technical shortcomings. In this article, we focus on the technological issues that make handover difficult”
orban is one greedy corrupt pig.
How the hell does he not get imprisoned
At this point we might as well adopt Chinese stuff when it comes to railways. Probably EU standards are from 1920 or something.
Nobody could have predicted this.
How else is Orban supposed to get fatten his bank account than skimming money off the top
Lol…China building anything to other than their code or methods always ends badly and i can only imagine what poison pill contracts Orban has negotiated.
Damn, that is very surprising, really.
Stop trading with Hungary you will lose money.
Am willing to bet the Chinese are actually innocent on this one. We all know who are the culprits
I’m so shocked
Temu roads are the shit in the gulasz
EU funds should also require a buy from EU clause.
„a payoff horizon between 130 and 2400 years based on current and expected traffic on the line.“
Orban’s Hungary being a corrupt shithole? Nooooo, what a surprise!
When he loses the upcoming elections, the first thing the new government needs to do is have him arrested before he can flee to Moscow.
Who could have imagined
Let’s spend the money on something more advantageous for the EU. A beautiful, big wall around the Hungarian border. After all, I hear Hungarians love the good ol‘ times of the Warsaw Pact, so we would be doing them a favour
I remember reading they had to cannibalise legacy signaling systems from other Hungarian mainlines because the planned signals wouldn’t do the job or smth.
Color me surprised
Firstly, China will always let you down.
Secondly, all of Putin’s friends are mired in corruption, and Orbán, with his iron Chinese railway, is no exception.