BUDAPEST TRAM

The company Budapesti Közlekedési Központ (BKK), which operates urban transport in the city of Budapest, signed a contract for the supply of 37 Urbos trams with CAF in 2014.

Since then, BKK has enforced several options which were provided for in the initial contract to extend the number of units. In total 87 additional trains made of 5 and 9 modules and ancillary services have been supplied which add to the trust placed in CAF by the company through the years.

These are 100% low-floor Urbos 100 vehicles providing easy access for people with reduced mobility, wheelchairs and pushchairs, that are designed to operate at a service speed of 50 km/h. Units comprising of nine units are among the longest in the world, and can transport up to 562 passengers.

These vehicles are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and safety, accessibility and on-board comfort features.

The Hungarian capital was one of the first cities to implement this means of urban transport and boasts an extensive network consisting of almost 40 tram lines, some of which transport the highest annual volume of passengers in the whole of Europe.