The state secretary described various projects planned as a part of the overall development including upgrading an 800-kilometer section of the international TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks), installing a GSM-R communication system on a  2,554- kilometer section, the electrification of 450 kilometers of railway lines, and track refurbishment of a 400-kilometer section by 2018.

The sections, which are expected to qualify as key projects, are as follows: Budapest-Miskolc, Püspökladány-Debrecen, the South-Balaton line between Szántód-Köröshegy and Balatonszentgyörgy, Kelenföld-Százhalombatta-Pusztaszabolcs, Szeged-Hódmezővásárhely-Gyula, and the renovation of the South-Budapest railway bridge, kormany.hu noted.