LANDER SIMULATION accompanies the Hungarian railway industry at the Innorail 2021 conferences

When thinking of Hungary, one thinks almost exclusively of Budapest, considered not only one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, but in the world. Its streets are full of culture and, above all, history.

There are not many places that can boast some of the oldest train stations on the European continent, allowing you to take a trip back in time or place yourself in the middle of a film recounting any remarkable event from the 20th century.

In addition, Budapest has one of the largest tramway systems in the world with around 160 km of track that has been in operation since 1866. It is one of the tram networks that carries the most passengers at both a European and global level.

In 1896, years before major cities such as Paris, Berlin or New York had an underground train, Budapest already had a metro that was a technological marvel in its day in a city in the midst of a leap towards modernity. The city was a pioneer in the development of this transport system after the London Underground, and back in 2002 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The entire country today has an efficient public transport network that includes buses in all cities, trolleybuses and trams in the largest cities, metro services as well as suburban train lines called HÉV lines and boat services in the capital Budapest.

It is precisely in the capital where the Innorail 2021 conferences took place a few days ago, an event that brings together Hungarian professionals every two years to analyse and share experiences and knowledge about the current situation of the railway industry with the aim of promoting its future development. The aim is to create a modern, safe and integrated infrastructure as a priority of the European Union.

With around 10 million inhabitants and strategically located in Central Europe, Hungary is undoubtedly a pioneer in rail transport. It is currently also making rapid progress, with changes in infrastructure, traffic control systems and vehicle modernisation to ensure more sustainable transport and to help ease the burden of road traffic.

On this occasion, we had the pleasure of being invited to the Innorail conferences, where we were able to explain the contribution of simulators as technology for the training of railway drivers, the different circumstances and needs of the different modes of rail transport and, therefore, the flexibility of the solutions that have allowed us to build a broad network of expertise.

Hungary is undoubtedly an important country for Lander as the company's first tram simulator was developed for tram drivers in Budapest. In these eight years together, both companies have continued working hand in hand and achieving success, such as the triumph in the European tramdriver championship, and the development and enhancement of new simulators and various updates.

We at LANDER would like to thank Innorail for inviting us to this year's conferences and, of course, thank our Hungarian customers for the trust they place in us. We hope to keep learning from them and contributing to the development of road transport in the country.

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