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Stadler Rail Group has delivered on Friday the 100^th low-floor electric FLIRT train to Hungary. The Swiss railway manufacturer received different orders in the past couple of years for altogether 112 FLIRT units from Hungarian railway operators: 102 from Hungarian National Railways MÁV and 10 from Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurth Railway GYSEV. Since starting operation in 2007, the trains have run a total of 80 million kilometres on the Hungarian railway lines.

The 100^th FLIRT, which belongs now to the fleet of MÁV, started service after successfully completing the official running test supervised by the National Transport Authority, which is a mandatory for every vehicle that is put into operation in Hungary. The first two vehicles started their operation exactly 8 years ago on the Budapest–Pusztaszabolcs–Dunaújváros line. All of the 10 FLIRT EMUs ordered by GYSEV are already in operation, while out of MÁV-START’s 102 vehicles, 90 are carrying passengers so far. The remaining 12 MÁV EMUs will be delivered until 30 September.