Feasibility study for 7.3 km metro from SW Budapest to main railway station on Pest side of river by Symonds Travers Morgan and Systra. Completion envisaged for 2003. Earlier contract for twin-tube 5.4 km section with 7 stations was bid in March, 1993. August 1997. Design by Hungarian consultants with Mott MacDonald assistance prepared railway authorisation design documentation for 7.4 km shield-driven system from Kelenfoldi to Keleti with eight intermediate stations in boxes at depths of 15 - 32 m with exception of Kelenfoldi which is beneath mainline tracks in a built-up area close to the Danube and will have to be tunnelled. Nov 1998.   Possible further extensions to the west from Kelenfoldi to Budaorsi and to the east from Keleti to Ujpalota. Also South Buda branch line is a possibility from Bocskai to Budafok Varoshaz. Sept 1999. www.metro4.hu   Now known as line 4 and will have 10 stations between Kelenfold and Keleti railway stations with possible extensions to Budaorsi to the west and Ujpalota to the east. There is also a possibility of a South Buda branch line from Bocskai ut to Budafok Varoshaz ter. New line 4 connection across Danube will relieve congestion taking 421,000 passengers/day by proposed opening in 2003. Tram service that currently overloads Szabadsag bridge can be discontinued and 11 bus routes altered to connect with new metro stations. Tunnels to be shield driven and stations will be in boxes apart from Kelenfoldi pu and the stations each side of the river. Visit www.metro4.hu/bejelent.en2.html for an English language description. Also www.mottmac.com/markets/transport/tunnels will give some background information. Sept 1999.  Tenders in preparation by DBR for 7.5 km-long line 4 with 10 stations, some up to 32 m-deep. EPB required on Pest side of river and slurry shield on Buda side. Construction period 2002-2007. Visit www.metro4.hu 35/01.  Budapest City Council and the central government reached an agreement on financing the €802 million construction of the first phase of the fourth metro line. The government will finance 70% and the city 30%. The 7.3 km first phase will also include the construction of 10 stops. Work will begin in the second half of 2004. It will be open to traffic in 2007-2008. The government will decide about building the second phase, 3.1 km in length with four stops, in September 2004 or by June 2005 at the latest. The full project will create a 10.4 km metro track, running from Kelenföldi in District 11 to Keleti in District 7. The first of 29 calls for tenders will be published this fall. The European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed in December 2002 to provide an €875 million 25-year loan to finance 75% of the whole 10.4 km project which is estimated to cost €1.16 billion. Visit www.metro4.hu 23/03.Periodic information notice for design and construction of running tunnels and associated structures as part of stage 1, contract 02 of Line 4. The assigment includes preliminary utility relocation; the start shaft; the reception box; a 30 m-deep station box structure and three adjacent 45 m-long 65 sq m cross section tunnels, to be built using the shotcrete lining method, required for access to construct a cross-over to allow for side reverse of trains; a 2 x 120 m-long tunnel cross-over for this reverse; a 7.8 m-inner diameter ventilation shaft; thirteen 5.2 m-diameter connecting tunnels, 15 m long each; a 42 m-deep 130 sq m ventilation shaft; 2 x 3,160 m of 5.2 m-inner diameter running tunnels on the Buda side to be constructed in hard, water-resistant clay and clayey marls; 2 x 2,530 m of 5.2 m-diameter running tunnels on the Pest side and under the Danube to be constructed in inhomogeneous clay, silt and sand gravel. Work to start in October 2005 for completion in December 2008. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=195149-2004, OJ S 226, or contact BKV, Budapest, fax +36 13221440 or 12676217. E-mail info@metro4.hu 49/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 1st March, 2005 for design and construction of running tunnels and associated structures, as part of Stage I Contract 02 of Line 4 in Budapest. This contract includes public utility relocation works; the shield start shaft; the shield reception box; a 30 m-deep station box structure and three adjacent 45 m-long 65 sq m cross section tunnels and two rows of columns, with shotcrete lining required for access to construct a cross-over for a lateral reversing structure; a 2 x 120 m-long tunnel cross-over (for the reversing structure); a 7.8 m ID ventilation shaft; thirteen 5.2 m-diameter, 15 m-long connecting tunnels; a 42 m-deep 130 sq m ventilation shaft; 2 x 3,160 m-long 5.2 m ID tunnels on the Buda side to be constructed in hard, water resistant clay; 2 x 2,530 m-long 5.2 m ID tunnels to be constructed in unhomogeneous clay, silt and sand gravel on the Pest side and under the Danube and other minor works. The works will take place between Kelenfold main line station in south west Buda and Keleti main line station in the north east of Pest, crossing the Danube between St. Gellert ter and Fovam ter immediately south of Szabadsag bridge. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=215033-2004, OJ S 249, or contact BKV, Budapest, fax +36 13221440 or 12676217. E-mail info@metro4.hu. To view the tender in English, visit www.metro4.hu/content.php?tmp=tend&tid=16 02/05.Deadline extension to 22nd March, 2005 for design and construction of running tunnels and associated structures, as part of Stage I Contract 02 of Line 4 in Budapest. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040812-2005, OJ S 42, or contact BKV, Budapest, fax +36 13221440 or 12676217. E-mail info@metro4.hu. Click hu/11 for details. 10/05.Restricted call for bids, deadline 4th July, 2005 for construction of three stations, as part of metro line 4 in Budapest. These stations are Tetenyi ut, Bocskai ut and Moricz Zsigmund korter. All are in Buda. Tetenyi ut station box is approximately 85 m long, 26 m wide and 22 m deep. Bocskai ut station box is approx. 130 m long, 24 m wide and 22 m deep. Moricz Zsigmund korter station box is approx. 105 m long, 26 m wide and 30 m deep. Tetenyi ut station box is to be constructed in a open area while the other two boxes are to be constructed in busy main roads along which tram and buses travel. Construction of the stations will be using diaphragm wall techniques (steel sheet piling not allowed). Contract award is anticipated in the first quarter of 2006, with construction start anticipated shortly after and end of construction in the second quarter of 2008. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=105686-2005, OJ S 106, or contact BKV, Budapest, fax +36 13221440 or 12676217. E-mail info@metro4.hu 24/05.The five bidders for contract 02 of line 4 of the Budapest metro are Bamco consortium led by Vinci and including Strabag and Hí­dépí­to Rt.; BPV-Metro 4 consortium headed by Bilfinger Berger, including Porr and Vegyépszer Rt.; Metro 4 consortium led by Hochtief with Bouygues as partner; Taisei; and ZOSw Metro-4 consortium headed by Ed. Züblin, with Obayashi and Swietelsky. It is expected that the award announcement for contract 02 will be made in January 2006. Click hu/11 for details of contract 02. Visit www.metro4.hu 27/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 20th September, 2005 for construction of Fovam ter and Kalvin ter station structures, as part of Line 4. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=146036-2005, OJ S 146, or contact BKV, Budapest, fax +36 13221440 or 14113051. E-mail info@metro4.hu. 33-34/05.A consortium including Mott MacDonald working with local consultants Fomterv and Uvaterv has secured a contract to prepare tender documentation for ten major packages related to the development of the new line 4. Mott MacDonald's role involves preparing tender documents for the proposed design and build contracts as well as updating of the 1998 design to include alignment improvements and further architectural development. In addition, Mott MacDonald is providing specialist input on tunnelling methods and will carry out an analysis of the ventilation system design including modelling using its own in-house programmes and proprietary computational fluid dynamics software. Mott MacDonald initially worked with Fomterv and Uvaterv in 1998 on the preliminary design for line 4 and helped achieve approval for the metro from the Hungarian Railway Authority.The 7.3 km first phase of the underground system will include ten stations and connect with the existing metro lines 2 and 3 and with the main line railway network at Kelenfold and Keleti. The tunnels are likely to be constructed using state-of-the-art boring machines together with the latest techniques in sprayed concrete technology. One of the key challenges will entail steering the line around the historic thermal waters located below and adjacent to the Danube. Opening of the new line is scheduled for 2010 and it is anticipated that the system will be extended at a later stage. Visit www.metro4.hu, www.mottmac.com, www.fomterv.hu and www.uvaterv.hu 46/05.The Bamco consortium led by Vinci Construction Grand Projets and including Strabag, Strabag International, Strabag Rt. and local firm Hí­dépí­to Rt. has won the tender to build a 2 x 7.3 km tunnel (contract 02), as part of Line 4 of the Budapest metro. The contract is worth EUR207,415,841. Visit www.metro4.hu and www.vinci-construction.com 03/06.