Why Is The Construction Of Budapests M4 Subway Line Headed For Trouble?
The construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line began in 2006, despite the fact that the Hungarian capital’s public transit corporation and government agencies have been planning the construction of the line for over 30 years. Under current plans, the metro line is expected to have 14 stations and the first section (which will include 10 stations) will be 7,3km in length. This section of the M4 line will be completed by 2010. According to many specialists, however, the problem with the current construction and business plan is that they are now essentially out of date. The real problem is that the M4 line does not connect Budapest’s growing suburbs to the downtown core, but instead serves mainly the central districts of the national capital. Due to shifts in terms of which districts have seen the largest increase in population over the last decades, it is doubtful that the metro will ever run at its projected full capacity and it will not ease commuter congestion into the city. The ot
