OPEN NEW BRIDGES; SPEED UP RAIL TRAFFIC

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600350550-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 550
• Publication Date: October 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION OONFIDENPIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
Transportation? Rail, bighyay
Daily and weekly newspapers
Budapest
DATE
PUBLISHED 7 Jai - 9 Aug 1950
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INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. \c Oct 1950
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
OPEN NEW BRIDGES,
SPEED UP RAIL TRAFFIC
"CENTIPEDE-BRIDGE" COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE -- Budapest Kis Ujsag, 8 Aug 50
The main artery of the traffic to eastern Hungary starts from Kerepes Street,
Budapest,.ttie focal point of which is the famous "Centipede Bsidge." The highway
leading from Budapest to the Salgo valley, the Matra and Bukk regions, the Hernad
valley, the HegyalJa region and Bodrogkozzel -- in other words, to all eastern Hun-
gary -- runs over this bridge above the railroad tracks entering and leaving the
Budapest East Station.
Workers of the Subterranean Railroad Construction State Enterprise completed
reconstruction of the bridge, which had been destroyed during the war, 117 days
ahead of schedule. The 42-meter-long bridge carries the'Godollo suburban railroad
line, a 12-meter-wide highway, a 1.6-meter-wide bicycle path, a 1.6-meter-wide side-
walk, and a 3-meter-wide sidewalk.
WORKERS DEDICATE 2 BRIDGES FOR KOREA WEEK -- Budapest Kin U3sag, 9 Aug 50
Reconstruction of two of the five bridges destroyed by the Nazis had to be in-
terrupted.,in the first year of the Five-Year Plan. Those two, the Soroksar and the
Gubacs Street overpass bridges, have now been completed 12 days ahead of schedule.
The completion of the two bridges permits an even faster rail traffic than before.
This crossing is very important to traffic between the dis-Danube and trans-Danube
regions and also between eastern and western Hungary.
Fall peak traffic will begin earlier this year than last year, and will be
greater than ever before. Whereas loading and shipping hardly exceeded 8,000 cars
per day last year, the daily average this year already exceeds 9,000 cars per day
at the start of the peak shipping. The-goal is 11,000 - 12,000 cars per day. Fart
of these shipments would consist of industrial articles, part agricultural produce,
and nearly 3,000 cars would carry construction materials.
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OPEN STALIN BRIDGE TO PEDESTRIANS -- Budapest Friss Ujsag, 22 Jul 50
The Stalin Bridge in Budapest will be opened to traffic 7 November, the anni-
versary of the Jctober Revolution. Meanwhile, the Minister of Postal Service has
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ordered that, effective. 22 July; the Obuda-Margitsziget portion of the bridge, w
is complete except for . inishing touches, be opened to pedestrian traffic between
UNDERPASS TO CONNECT WITH STALIN BRIDGE -?-? Budapest Friss Ujsag, 26 Jul 50
On 8 March, work began on the 30-year-old Dozsa Gyorgy Street underpass in
Budapest, which Angyalf old workers use daily in gei.mg to and from work. The new
underpass will be four times as wide as the old, and srt111itie 4 meters-;..49 caatt '~-'
meters high, as contrasted with the old underpass's 3-meter height. The length will
remain the same, 52 meters. Pedestrian and trolley traffic are going on as usual.
The underpass and trolleys will provide a direct connection with the Stalin Bridge,
now under construction.
BUILD RAILROAD BRIDGE AT BAJA -- Budapest Friss Ujsag, 29 Jul 50
A 560-meter railroad bridge is being built across the Danube at Baja. Construc-
tion is scheduled to be completed 20 December, when the bridge will be opened to
traffic. Before the bridge is put into operation, coal must be transported 320 kilo-
meters from the Mecsek region to Baja. When the bridge is completed, the trip will
be only 100 kilometers.
The building of the bridge will also effect an enormous saving in idle freight
cars. At present, freight cars from Baja go back empty to Pest, and are returned
from there to the point of origin, to be loaded and sent back to Baja. The building
of the bridge will release hundreds of freight cars for other railroad traffic. Be-
sides the railroad tracks, the new bridge will provide for highway and pedestrian
traffic.
INCREASE RAILROAD CAR REPAIRS -- Budapest Friss Ujsag, 7 Jul 50
The 60-acre yard of the Istvantelki Main Works is filled with railroad freight
cars awaiting repairs. The yard is preparing for the fall peak traffic which will
require 12,000 cars to be put into use daily. During June, 202 cars were repaired
at the Istvantelki Works, as compared with the scheduled 190 cars. The high morale
of the workers has helped reduce the number of idle cars in the repair yards through-
out the country from 10 to 7 percent of total number of cars in use.
PLEDGE 25 PERCENT FASTER FREIGHT TRAFFIC -- Budapest, Friss Ujsag, 2 Aug 50
At their production meetings, railroad workers pledged to increase freight rail
traffic by 25 percent before 1 August. New freight-train schedules have been released,
based on experiences of USSR railroads, and Stakhanovite methods. Before starting,
the engineer pledges to increase the speed of the trip, and writes down the exact
time he estimates the trip will take. The engineer and the dispatcher sign a state-
ment, the engineer agreeing to keep to the schedule he has pledged to undertake, and
the dispatcher providing for-the uninterrupted progress of the train. The introduc-
tion of the new freight schedule presents an opportunity for every engineer, fireman,
and dispatcher to join the Stakhanovite movement.
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FIRST HUNGARIAN DINING CAR IN OPERATION -- Budapest Fuggetlen Magyarorszag, 7 Aug 50
The first Hungarian international dining car vent into operation on 6 August
on the Prague Express. Previously, th' International Sleeping Car Service provided
food for the passengers, but now, through an arrangement with the Czechoslovak rail-
roads, this service will be provided by the Hungarian International Dining Cars.
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