MÁV to spend Ft 3 bln more on wagon maintenance

Hungarian Railways MÁV Rt plans to spend Ft 3 billion more on the maintenance of renovation of freight wagons next year than this year, branch manager Imre Kovács said. Almost 50% of MÁV's 16,000 freight wagons are not suitable for daily use due to missing renovation, Kovács said. Every year 1,500 wagons should be renovated, but fewer than 300 have made it to the workshops in recent years, Kovács said. MÁV plans to renovate its fleet of wagons by 2007 and will spend Ft 13 billion on this project over three years, Kovács said. (Vg 7) M.K.