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32-668: Elizabeth Bridge could refer to: Elisabeth Bridge (Budapest) , a crossing of the Danube in Hungary Regis R. Malady Bridge , a crossing of the Monongahela in the United States Elizabeth Stirling Bridge (1819–1895), British musician [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with

64-412: A complicated arrangement of roads to connect to the bridge. The bridge was designed in such a way because a wealthy nobleman, a member of the city council, owned the particular area of the riverbank. He wanted to make a fortune by selling the piece of land for bridge construction purposes, bribing the other councilmen and engineers for that purpose. He managed to sell the land at greatly inflated prices. In

96-471: A full restoration was completed and it was installed in its present location on the Buda side of the bridge. 47°29′27″N 19°02′56″E  /  47.49083°N 19.04889°E  / 47.49083; 19.04889 Budapesti K%C3%B6zleked%C3%A9si Zrt. Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt. or BKV Zrt. ( Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃti ˈkøzlɛkɛdeːʃi ˈzeːjɛrteː] , "Budapest Transit Company",

128-551: A number of competitions to select a suitable design, but it wasn't until 1919 and the fifth attempt that a design by the sculptor György Zala was selected. It then took another 13 years for the memorial to be completed and installed on the Pest side of the bridge. It was damaged by the German army when they blew up the bridge in 1945. It was quickly repaired, but then more damage was found which required its removal in 1953. It wasn't until 1957 that

160-453: A paper-based system of tickets and passes; as of December 2015 a monthly pass allowing one adult to travel on any BKV vehicle costs 9,500 Hungarian forint (approximately € 32, US$ 29). Students (of any age) and children get a discount of around 65%; the elderly travel free. Passes are not transferable. Starting June 20, 2023, bus line 100E (Airport Express) introduced Budapest Pay&GO. This method of ticket management had been planned for

192-655: A person using a wheelchair . Metro line M4 has public lifts installed in every station. Most of line M2's stations only have escalators , excluding Puskás Ferenc Stadion, Pillangó utca and Örs vezér tere. Before its major renovation, line M3 only had elevators at Kőbánya-Kispest, but during the renovation, elevators were installed at every station. Line M1 is planned to be renovated, and equipped with elevators at every station. Currently available regular service line with handicapped-compatible low-floor vehicles: Metro Tram Since November 2022, every bus line has low-floor buses, with trolleybus lines having low-floor buses most of

224-470: A result of artificial restriction: COMECON rules did not allow Hungary to produce private cars domestically and Dacia / Lada / Škoda / Trabant / Wartburg (marque) car imports were never enough. (After the Iron Curtain fell, a large number of second hand cars were imported from Austria and Western Europe, leading to rapid private motorisation of Budapest's streets.) After the fall of Communism, BKV

256-420: Is less extensive, consisting of four lines. The M1 line (or Földalatti), whose colour is yellow, is a small underground tramway inaugurated in 1896. The other three are full-sized metro lines: M2 (red), M3 (blue) and M4 (green). M2 and M4 run roughly east–west, while M3 runs mostly north–south. There is a plan for a high-speed rail link to Ferihegy BUD international airport, which is currently served by bus from

288-586: The abbreviation BKV stands for its earlier name Budapesti Közlekedési Vállalat ) is the main public transport operator in Budapest , Hungary . BKV was established in 1968 as a unified public transport company with the merger of the companies responsible for the different means of transport; bus operator FAÜ ( Fővárosi Autóbuszüzem ), tram and trolleybus operator FVV ( Fővárosi Villamosvasút ), suburban railway operator BHÉV ( Budapesti Helyiérdekű Vasút ) and riverboat operator FHV ( Fővárosi Hajózási Vállalat ). The metro

320-590: The already detected ones. Many high-level employees and independent or in-company participants were arrested and sentenced. This issue led the owner, the Local Government of the Capital City making BKV accept a new Company Inner Regulation System and its assembly enacting local government degrees guaranteeing complete transparency in the contracts, billings, and job descriptions for the owner, and for all representatives of its assembly even individually. This regulation

352-410: The city (300s, 600s, 700s, 800s and 2000s lines). BKV paints its vehicles different colours by type. Originally the buses had a dark shade of blue, most of the vehicles were repainted in the mid-2010s to match the today used lighter blue shade. With the removal of the old Ikarus buses from the roads of Budapest, this older, darker blue has disappeared from Budapest. The four metro lines are marked on

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384-581: The country, was blown up at the end of World War II by retreating Wehrmacht sappers. This is the only bridge in Budapest which could not be rebuilt in its original form. Pictures and some salvaged elements from the old bridge can be seen on the grass in front of the Museum of Transport in City Park . The currently standing slender white cable bridge was built on the very same location between 1961 and 1964, because

416-543: The end of the metro line M3. – See the main article Budapest Metro . In 2005 a "BEB" monthly pass was introduced for a 10% extra cost over the regular price, which permitted the use of the MÁV national railway lines within the city area, effectively increasing the tracked service for BKV's passengers. Since 2009, all monthly (and 15-day) passes, now called a "Budapest Pass", are valid on the national railway and suburban bus lines within city boundaries. As of 2009, approximately 54% of

448-495: The entire transit system of Budapest for years, but only now is it materialized. As of July 2023, it is only available on bus line 100E, but BKV is planning to begin a testing phase on metro line M1, hoping to introduce it on all types of transit in Budapest and revolutionize Budapest's ticket system. All of the BKV buses are wheelchair accessible. There are also a few small-sized special BKV buses, which can be reserved by phone to transport

480-494: The era of horse-drawn carriages the geometry issue was not considered significant and the resulting cost overruns were covered up, therefore no prosecution took place. In recent decades, many motorists have been permanently injured or killed in the sharp turn that immediately follows the bridgehead. After an accident in 2004, which killed a family, a speed limit of 40 km/h was posted for the west-bound lanes. The original Erzsébet Bridge, along with many other bridges all over

512-423: The government could not afford to construct entirely new foundations for the bridge. The main spar cables of the bridge are hexagonal in cross section, composed of thousands of elementary steel wires of seven different diameters, partly because early computers were unable to provide a solution for a circular cross section main cable batch. The design, by Pál Sávoly and based on that of Mülheim Bridge, Cologne ,

544-469: The inauguration of metro line M4 in 2014 further helped the situation. Competitive wages are still a serious issue as bus drivers are often lured to the trucking industry. BKV operates 33 city tram lines, including the Budapest Cog Railway that operates as tram line 60. The once-extensive network of tram tracks and the brown striped yellow trams were a characteristic of Budapest, but the network

576-417: The late 1950s and still form the majority of BKV's fleet. The late-2000s road rebuilding effort (affecting 50% of the city's principal roadways) also changed the lanes, creating distinct lanes for vehicles turning left at traffic-light crossings, for example. This reduced the travel time of the buses. Completing the eastern sector of M0 beltway around the city in 2008 significantly reduced traffic congestion,

608-467: The map in different colours: The current livery of the trains on the M2, M3 and M4 lines are white-black, on M1 vehicles are painted yellow, though until recently the trains on M2 and M3 lines were blue (shade between the buses' former and current color). In 2009-2010 investigations into corruption led the police examine all money logs and contracts of the 20-year period individually, to find issues unrelated to

640-452: The opportunity to purchase an additional 77 trams, which they did throughout the following years until 2023, when they purchased the last remaining trams. In 2016, the more than 30 years old Russian trains running on metro line M3, produced by Mytishchi Machine-building Factory , started to be refurbished by the legal successor Metrowagonmash. The first train arrived back in Budapest in May 2016, with

672-454: The passenger traffic in Budapest, a city of 1.7 million inhabitants, is still carried by BKV vehicles, with the remaining 46% using private vehicles. During 2003 a total of 1.4 billion people travelled by BKV. During the Socialist era, Budapest had 2 million residents and its public vs. private transport ratio (the so-called modal split ) was 80% : 20% in favor of mass transit. This ratio was

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704-513: The project. 2009 marks the 140th anniversary of establishing diplomatic links between the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and Japan, and the 50th anniversary of re-establishing diplomatic links between Japan and Hungary. Following her assassination in 1898 there was such an outpouring of grief that when an appeal was made in 1900 to erect a memorial to Elisabeth of Bavaria in Budapest, it was over subscribed. Successive committees organized to

736-610: The ratio of modern, air-conditioned low-floor buses to 80% by 2016. Since November 2022, BKV operates only low-floor buses. In 2006, Siemens Combino Supra trams completely replaced the carriages serving the Grand Boulevard . In the same year, French Alstom metro trains were ordered to replace all Soviet carriages on metro line M2 and to serve on metro line M4, the construction of which had started in that year. All units for both lines entered service by 2014, in which year 47 air-conditioned, low-floor CAF trams were purchased. BKV had

768-431: The rest of the trains arriving throughout 2016 and 2017. On March 20, 2017 the first refurbished train began its journey on line M3. Since April 3, 2018 only renovated trains run on line M3. BKV operates on a net-loss basis; state-mandated ticket prices cover less than 50% of running costs. The state circumvents EU regulations by failing to fully compensate the BKV company for operating costs and amortization . BKV uses

800-519: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Bridge&oldid=971384496 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elisabeth Bridge (Budapest) The original eclectic flamboyant style bridge

832-468: The time. ArrivaBus (formerly known as VT-Transman, later on VT-Arriva) is one of BKK's contractors running some routes with their own vehicles, but those vehicles have blue-grey painting like BKV's, and they are completely integrated in BKK system. Volánbusz and its subcontractors runs suburban lines. But they are members of Budapest Transport Organization (BKSZ), so their lines can be used by regular tickets inside

864-467: The vehicles of the extensive network of surface mass transportation in Budapest, with the emphasis on buses. The 900~ BKV-owned buses in Budapest circulate on 30% of the 231 routes. The buses are painted sky blue. Trolleybuses in red livery are operated on 15 lines. The night service is provided exclusively by buses and by the trams on Great Boulevard. The articulated bus is a hallmark of Budapest; both diesel and ETB bendy vehicles have been running since

896-491: Was a first in Central Europe and not without weaknesses. BKV tram traffic and its heavy tracks had to be removed from the bridge in 1973 after signs of cracks appeared in the structure. The special lighting for Elisabeth Bridge has been created by renowned Japanese lighting designer Motoko Ishii and Japan contributed 120 million forints (EUR 450,000) to the costs. The Budapest City Council has paid 150 million forints for

928-498: Was added in 1973. The transport in Budapest underwent another reorganization in 2010 when the BKK ( Budapesti Közlekedési Központ , "Budapest Transit Centre") was founded for the management of the city transport and infrastructure. Since then, BKV is the largest public transport contractor of BKK, operating 4 metro , 33 tram , and 15 trolley bus lines, and 30% of the 231 local bus and 40 night bus lines. City-owned BKV runs most of

960-439: Was built between 1897 and 1903. It was destroyed during World War II, and a significantly simplified brutalist version was built without any ornamentation between 1961 and 1964. Its two ends are: The original permanent crossing, a decorative suspension bridge of chains, was built between 1897 and 1903, amid a corruption scandal. The Buda end of Erzsébet bridge runs directly into the massive foot of Gellért Hill, necessitating

992-495: Was curtailed under Communism owing to lack of funding. Line 4-6 is still the largest capacity tram-line in Europe. The tram services are now set to have a renaissance as there is no further road capacity for bus lanes in Budapest. Replacing the more than 40-year-old rolling stock started in 2006 with new 54-meter long Siemens Combino Supra giants completely replacing former carriages on the 4-6 line. The underground railway network

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1024-414: Was traditionally plagued by a lack of funding. It survived by selling some of its garages and repair bases for mall and housing development. As of October 2009 the average BKV diesel bus was 16.5 years old and the oldest one of the 1,400 strong fleet was 24 years old, with 3.5 million kilometers to its track record. Yet starting in 2010, a bus replacement program scrapped most of those old buses and increased

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