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Budapest Sopron July 1 2025-Reka Nemeth CEO of MAV Gruns and Szilard Kovesdi CEO of GYSEV Zrt. Signed an operation and cooperation agreement on the West Hungary railway lines transferred to the Sopron-based company. From July 1 2025 GYSEV took over the operation of a 752 kilometer railway track from the MAV group.
Changes in the division of labor between the two railway companies do not require any adaptation to passengers they can count on the same flights as before. The operation of the railway lines does not yet mean the automatic transfer of passenger transport activities and GYSEV takes over the public service tasks for trains between Zalaegerszeg and Celldomolk.
The handover provided an opportunity for many years to be resolved. After July 1 after July 1 there will be no more journey when the GYSEV flights are used as if passengers were only made by passengers operated by the MAV Group such as the train between Sopron and Budapest.
Since the announcement of the Minister of Construction and Transport on a 10-point commitment in January the MAV Group and GYSEV experts have been negotiated in working groups on railway lines stations service facilities real estate and movable assets including the rights of operation and the rights of operation. As of July 1st besides the existing 443 kilometers all rights and obligations related to the operation operation and the provision of career services in Hungary were transferred to GYSEV Zrt.
On the affected railway lines MAV allowed an average of 420 trains per day and made nearly 10%of the national railway goods thus promoting 40 railway companies a year to reach 754 million commodities kilometers per year.
During the conciliation to establish a cooperation agreement the aim of the MAV Group and GYSEV was common: to rethink the division of labor between the two railway companies and to hand over and do not require any adaptation by passengers and in the future the development of railway goods and transport.
List of lines handed over:
Line 10 is the section of Gyor-Szabadhegy-Celldomolk
Line 11 is the section of Gyor-Szabadhegy-Veszprem
Line 13 Veszpremvarsany-French Cutting section (no passenger transport on the line)
Line 14 Pope-Csorna section
Line 17 is Zalaszentivan-Nagykanizsa section
Line 20 is the Porpac-Szekesfehervar section (Szekesfehervar station no longer)
The 23rd line Zalaegerszeg-Redics section
Line 24 Zalaber-Batyk-Zalaszentgrot section (no passenger transport on the line)
Line 25 is the Boba-Friszentpeter-Country Border section
Line 26 is the Ukk-Balatonszentgyorgy section (no longer Balatonszentgyorgy station)
Line 27 is the Hajmasker-Chals section (Chase Station no longer no passenger transport on the line)
Line 30 is the country border-Balatonszentgyorgy section of Murakeresztur (Balatonszentgyorgy station no longer)
Line 41 is a section of Murakeresztur-Gyekenyes-Country Border
On map the lines handed over-overhead
Operation of railway lines does not mean automatic transfer of passenger transport activities and from July 1 GYSEV will take over the public service tasks for trains between Zalaegerszeg and Celldomolk. For other stages affected the public passenger service is transferred to the railway company based in Sopron depending on the available vehicles.
The handover provided an opportunity for many years to be resolved. After July 1 the problem of tariff breaks will not be more travel when the GYSEV flights were used as if passengers were only the same distance by passengers operated by the MAV Group.
MAV Zrt. Communication Directorate GYSEV Press Service
