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The construction of the new three-storey surface preparation and polishing hall in the net value of HUF 815 million will start in the Vehicle Repair of MAV-START Szolnok after the company concluded a contract with the winning Bolax Kft. After a successful public procurement procedure. The hall is expected to be built by the first quarter of 2022 and thanks to the development the new IC cars will also be made faster and more efficiently.Thanks to the investment three posts will be built in which the surface preparation and painting of various railway vehicles such as IC wagons will take place independently. Repairs to the superstructure surface preparation of the vehicle body parts and components including priming puttying air-water sanding will be carried out in the new hall. In one position a combined paint-drying industrial cabin is created and in the other two a work area suitable for a single-space surface preparation activity is created. After the handover of the hall it will be possible to develop MV-STARTs fleet faster and more efficiently. The production of IC cars and the renewal of the image of older vehicles can also be accelerated.MV-START is implementing a program aimed at the production of self-developed IC cars with government support which serves the rejuvenation and quality replacement of the vehicle fleet in long-distance and international traffic. Following the launch of the first twenty new-generation new-generation InterCity cars production of the seventy IC s planned for domestic traffic began in August last year. The new cars are manufactured in MV-START Szolnok Vehicle Repairer using government and corporate funds. The new series will produce 35 second-class accessible multi-purpose spacious cars and 35 first- and premium-class vehicles.The continuous increase in the number of new generation InterCities in addition to replacing obsolete vehicles will enable the expansion of the renewable IC network the involvement of additional county capitals and large rural cities in the quality railway service.Of the 90-piece series more than 40 new IC cars are currently in service in the country. Three more vehicles passed the high-speed running test yesterday are expected to be on the market in the second half of next week after obtaining an official test license and the 50th IC could be ready by the end of the year.Today a press conference was held at the Szolnok vehicle repair shop where Ferenc Szalay Mayor of Szolnok emphasized The cooperation between MV and the city is unbroken. In 2015 the most significant point of the Modern Cities Program was the start of the production of IC cars in Szolnok. Jzsef Kerkgyrt CEO of MV-START Zrt. Said about the investment The new hall will be built on the site of an existing obsolete part of the workshop and is planned to be completed by the beginning of 2022. The investment will create ten to fifteen new jobs and provide stability for the approximately 1200 people already working there. Currently we can issue three IC cars per month after the investment four can be completed per month thanks to which the IC fleet can be renewed much faster. He added The modernization of an 8000-square-meter electric locomotive repair hall is also underway. Thanks to the development of about one billion forints it is expected that the maintenance of the new KISS double-decker motor trains can be carried out here from next March.
