28/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - As part of its support for the modernisation and extension of the Budapest underground system, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a loan of €85 million for the purchase of 22 new trains to be used on line2, and to fund the maintenance of rolling stock and depots. Last year, the EIB granted loans totalling €875 million for the construction of line 4 of the underground system in the Hungarian capital.