HUNGARIAN RAILROADS AND BRIDGES (FRENCH ENCLOSURE TO SODB 18622)

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100040044-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 44
• Content Type: REPORT

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11UNG~.itI/N RAILIiO~WS A?TL L IDCi
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rah of the eix regional o4miniatratione hao the follclwing seationsi
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a) undar~round construction, b) track construction, o) buildings and varo-
houses, ad d) bridgs conetruotion~
The "mobile technical inopectioae" are aimilar to the "mobile const-
ruction rectors" vhich the Germane =owed during the vsz' ? Theoe sections
must bo prepared to work w~ywhere at any times their duty ie oonetruction
and maintenanco ? They sere to have the technical equipment which will oUow
them to function, in cane of war, +rt homae a nd nbroed?
The service for the upkeep of ctationo le to be continued temoporarily
but ite functions will be limited. Works of a etretegic character are
performed by other comp niea which ere directly reletrd to the Mi etr~
of coarnunicetione.
'fir mein railroad projecte undar the Five~Year Plan are: a) replace-
ment of railroad installations, b) reconstruction and modification of
rtstione, c) increased number of cars and locomotives, and d) replacement
of the safety devices (evitehee and signal eyetems)
Up to sow, uee bas been made of old, light rails of various types
i,ich ao nor weigh more then 18 to 28 kilogrei
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rile are too light to permsit the Russian, the nee Buagarien ("Goliath",
tyke 421 and 52), and the American loceanotivee ("Truman") to operate on
certain lines.
A Ruesian central ccmrmiesion, which inspectedd the rungmarian real net
from November 1948 to February 1949, has announced that the ! uagarian rail
road nyetem did not mart the needs of military traffic ? In order to meet
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the iummediate needs, it has been decided to lay nev rails whieb neigh 17
kilograms per running meter on]y 6 .meter lengths of rail were svailable,
whereas the normal length is 12 meters. Attempts to overcoxme the defy
ciency in longer rails by welding together shorter rails did not prove
satisfactory.
Reconstruction of stations ?w At present, the rails of the etatione can
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rn2ppt 01g7 104?a31e trains may are to be chsn sd eo ae to
160-uie true (Ruslian 1U13.iter7 ccewaye)
Zn other places, new eidetraoke and loading z'spu with bevy rails
and warehouse bnv1e been built.
The Fiv*MYoar Plan and the pro4ecte of the A b ini$trdtion of Baii-
roads call for the treaefOr'tion of 60 stations in the area uuder the
Buda et ad~iniatrdtivn. These reformations are for the purpose of inpxo-
vine freight traffic ofd especially of avoiding 106 Waite in stationa
ond at importunt trafi'ic centers for military convoya?
Safety installations -- No definite decieiou has been taken coy the choice
of aign1 and switch aysteaa? Considaration is being Riven to the Englieb
eYstem which is extremely eafe in peacestimea but easy to sabotage ? In
case of oar, permanent guarding of the witches could be required.
Mein vorkehope of the "MAY" -- ,
A new bridge-bui1diX18 pmt at the MIrehallia8 Yard in the aouth-
eutern pert of Budapest
main shop at irtvantelek, a northern suburb of Budapset, (pri-
The
Iarily locaatotives) .
Loge o "S Qi
Large shop at Bzordbatba13r
Main supply depot for road supplies at Budalfok-Faros
The Budapeet - C.gled line is ns r undergoing repairs
Tie ayor - Kieber and the Nor - Rzekesfehervar linen have been re-
laid frith rails weighing 147 kilOgl!$flI$ per running meter
II Tt>e MAY Anistratit~o~ at Bzaabat$
Director nr Ferenc Andavari, member of Ccm-
n inuniet Party
Aert Director Josef Bsuch, technice1 advisor
let Bureau (Becretsriat eua~. Personnel
Chief
Assistant
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Dr Zoltan Baloch, nember of Ccrn-
muniet Party
Antal Tarodi (Hobor), meter of
Communist Party
Ana BUraau (cotustxucticois and M.int,ensnce)
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4th Bureau (8upp]1u
Chief
Assistant
Assistant
6th Hurew (Freight Traffic)
Chief Ferenc Kies, Gist
Included in the 7th Bureau is the Political Administration With ita
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Chief Naude~r Hire.
Main supply depot at 8cinbatgekt abd Celidcmaok
Secondary depots at 8eombatbely, Cell, Zalaegersseg, Papa, Tapolca,
vid Sopron
Warehouses at Veesprem, Vesspremkulso, Kormend, Zaluegerueg, and
Papa.
III Harbor and canal works
The shipyarde at Ujpest have beon almost ccexpletely rebuilt.
Important r*pairs are being made in the harbors of Ceepel, Visegrad,
Erosi, Budafok, Budafoidvar, Kalogsapaka ?4J, Mohacs, Adony, Nagymaros,
Vac, and Baja and also the freight harbor of U jpeet.
The 8io Canal, connecting the Danube River and L Balaton, has been
Assistant
Lagos Celeki, Cbief Inspector
Joseph Makk, tnopeotor, maaber
of Cc uunist Party
Gyorgy Kocsis, Chief co~asultant
Lasslo Hsaboki (8ladovios ), ins-
pector, Cclitmist
sstvan Kereesteei, auditor, former
functionary
Ietvan Vasarhelyi, auditor
Dr gzekeiy
Joseph Molnar
7th Bureau (insurance)
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put tin service
tv Railroad constructioxu
Rm~ace the liberation, the RU,ngsrian p3,ants har~~1 built 2,015 pase.Dger
core. The reconstruction of 4,3A kilomsteru of railroad lines has slso
been effected.
V Game measures which hate been takezc by gwagery on orders frczn the U88R
Acting on orders fran the Soviet military authorities, the Cenersl
inistration of Hu ion Railroads has ordered ell of its regional
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administraticne to build up large reserves of coil without delay. These
stocks viU be ntored in the Ferencvaro$ and Rakos classification *rd
of the Budapest region/ in the stations of Komarc %, Ki,eber, Papa, Baba
(near gumg) , Celldcemok, 8eekesfeher eV, Zels4rentivez', [end Ra1ston-
8zemes in vestern Hungary f in the etetion of Apatfalva on the lest section
of the gungerian?ikumanian line; and in the stations of P aspokcladeiy,
8zaaol, and Kaba on the line running tovard. Russia.
An extensive, special telephone system, for the exclusive use of the
Russian, is being installed along the lines mentioned in the foregoing
paragraph.
At the same tie as the strategic reorganization of the railroad
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Y~i11 -~w iws grri`wwM 4... _-Ui : the eabo ssiA
assumed control, in April, of the truck traffics on the Sian high.
ae re so as to be prepared if the railroads should be knocked out in case
of var. The two state enterprises for highway traffics, "Mogurt" and
"Mateosz", which are "mixed Hungarian?8oviet companies, have been placed
under the military government and given large some of money by the govern-
ment, Mhich is acting upon orders from Morcov. This money will be used
to increase the fleet of trucks and to modernize the garages and repair
shops throught the country.
The political police, a special err along vith the regular armky,
has formed a "highe'ay traffic corps" which has several hundred large
trucks.
Vt Coordination of railroad end highwway transpirtation
Motor coaches are replacing the railroads can secondary lines; the
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w rsilroids $2'. used elmost exclusively for militar purposes P In 39148,
3O0 Renault actor co cbes Msre pur Iaasd. EY the end of 19118, s coicb
line bid caoaplete1~r replacced the rsilroad line between Epoover and
~Daa~bover~
The noxt line to use ~zotor coiobes vill be the soproo.Gyor line
which vii,]. be divided into three sectors ? do~ron to Estsrbexs, Ester-
bus to Csoz'u*, and (~cbr~a,a to oror. ? The three pessen~r tr4 cb
used to operate between iopron sad ayor bin been reduces to a e
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