The Szeged Transport Ltd. () is the name of the transport company of the city of

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Aims

The Szeged Transport Ltd.'s aims are: the operation of electric track-based transport, a public pay parking system, vehicle rescue and transport, and parking.

Brief history

The Szeged Transport Ltd. was established in 1885. The first

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

ways were launched on October 1, 1908. After the

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the tramway transport, both the

public transport Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...

from 1920, and the

freight transport Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been exte ...

from 1925, declined steadily in Szeged. No major operations or clashes occurred in Szeged during

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, therefore the tram network was not damaged. The importance of the freight transport continued to decline in the 1950s, and in 1971 it ceased to exist. On April 29, 1979 first trolleybus started service on line 5, linking Újszged, city centre and Bartók square. Then other lines alsó were launched: line 6 in 1982, line 7 (not the same as line 7 nowadays) and line 8 in 1983 and line 9 in 1985. After

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the SZKT became the property of Szeged.

Organisation

Organizational units

The company operates two sectors: tramways and trolleybuses in an integrated system. However, the city's bus network does not fall under the competence of the SZKT, it is operated by the Dél-alföldi Közlekedési Központ Zrt. (DAKK)..

Parking System

The SZKT operates the parking system within the city centre which was established in 1996. There exist two (green & yellow) parking zones between which the advance parking tickets ensure interoperability.

Szeged Airport

Since 2006 the SZKT has also been operating the Szeged Airport. The airport is located west of the city centre.

Vehicles

Tramways

Trolleybuses

Autobuses

Statistics

The length of the entire network which includes the length of all connections, is 81 km. The number of stops is 171 (92 tramways and 79 trolleybuses) and the vehicle fleet contains 129 vehicles (61 tramsways, 49 trolleybuses and 19 autobuses).

Traffic data

Street number distribution in 2005: SZKT: 46%, Tisza Volán: 54% Street number distribution in 2008: SZKT: 49%, Tisza Volán: 51%

Leadership

Acting directors

Current Management

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1885 establishments in Hungary Public transport companies in Hungary Organisations based in Szeged Intermodal transport authorities in Hungary