Contemporary Railways Development Viewed by an Architect

Text: Zoltán Tóth

An important aspect when designing environmentally friendly technologies is the construction of modern networks of transport. Experts have worked out complicated systems to respond to the changes of communal transport going over regional borders, a humane transformation of urban public transport systems, as well as the new logistic networks of cargo transport and their business models. As a result, the railways flourishes in many countries, and also acts as the pioneering agent in the extension of eco-friendly „smart” systems. It is the engine of high-tech industries and the creative renewal of logistics. The article below surveys international and Hungarian examples which have been realized recently.