In the capital of Hungary, metro and tram traffic is being slowed: what is the reason

In Hungary's capital Budapest, authorities have slowed the movement of the metro and trams to save electricity amid a possible crisis—the country could soon lose its single nuclear power plant. This was reported by Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony.

"For several decades, Hungary's electricity supply system has not faced such a serious challenge, to which we need to prepare in the coming days. In such a tense situation, every, even seemingly small, energy-saving measure is necessary to avoid serious supply disruptions," he wrote.

It is noted that city authorities have reached an agreement with the companies that manage public transport to make the metro trains and trams accelerate more slowly. According to the mayor, this will increase the interval between them by a few minutes, but is expected to save 15 megawatt-hours each day.

Additionally, on some lines on weekdays, on parts of routes, trolleybuses will be replaced with diesel buses.

In Budapest, there are also plans to switch off the decorative lighting of the Parliament building and to stop lighting the Buda Castle.

Threat of a blackout in Hungary

Against the backdrop of low water levels on the Danube, Hungary may suspend operation of the single functioning nuclear power plant, Paks. Member of Parliament, first deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing and Communal Services Oleksiy Kucherenco spoke in a comment to UNIAN about whether this will affect the electricity situation in Ukraine.