HÉV
Background
Owner	BKV (public ownership)
Locale	Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary
Transit type	Commuter rail/ rapid transit
Number of lines	4 (+1 side line)
Number of stations	81
Operation
Operator(s)	BKV
Technical
System length	103.7 km
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Budapest HÉV (HÉV means Helyiérdekű Vasút, lit. "Railway of Local Interest") is a system of four commuter rail (Szentendre HÉV, Gödöllő HÉV, Csömör HÉV and Ráckeve HÉV) and rapid transit (Csepel HÉV and Békásmegyer HÉV (part of the Szentendre HÉV)) lines in and around Budapest, Hungary. The HÉV lines were constructed as branch lines of the Hungarian State Railways. The four HÉV lines are operated by the public transport company BKV, yet are not part of the Budapest Metro. Inside Budapest, standard BKV tickets and passes are valid on the HÉV. Outside Budapest, a separate ticket must be validated.

HÉV terminus under Batthyány Square (direct transfer to M2)

Lágymányosi Bridge station on the Csepel HÉV line

The HÉV connects Csepel (south), Ráckeve (far south), Gödöllő (northeast), and Szentendre (north) with various points of central Budapest. The four HÉV lines are not connected directly, each originating from a different terminus, but their railway are still connected to the MÁV lines. The HÉV is a hybrid between a commuter rail and a rapid transit. Although most of its stations are above ground and outdoor, some are underground (for example the city centre terminus at Batthyány tér).

The HÉV operates on standard gauge (1435 mm), and is electrified at 1000 V DC. The HÉV lines are planned to become integrated into the metro network. The Szentendre, Ráckeve and Csepel lines are slated to be merged into what is called the metro line 5 (North-South Regional rapid railway). The connection will be made by an underground line between the Kaszásdűlő and Lágymányosi bridge stations, and extended in order to reach the center of Pesterzsébet. The Urban and Suburban Transit Association (Városi és Elővárosi Közlekedési Egyesület) has presented a plan to merge line 2 with the HÉV from Gödöllő. The city government did not totally accept the plan, but it still may be built after 2015.

Former lines[link]

Today there are four (+1 side line to Csömör) HÉV lines in and around Budapest, but at the turn of the 19th to 20th century there were another four HÉV lines around Budapest: Esztergom HÉV (today suburban railway, since 1931 owned by Hungarian State Railways), Lajosmizse HÉV (suburban railway, also part of the Hungarian State Railways), Törökbálint HÉV (mostly demolished, the remained line is tram no. 41, owned by BKV) and Budafok HÉV (today tram no. 47, owned by BKV also).

System[link]

Logo	Name	Termini
	Szentendrei HÉV	Batthyány tér M+H - Szentendre
	Ráckevei HÉV	Közvágóhíd - Ráckeve
	Csepeli HÉV	Boráros tér H - Csepel
	Gödöllői HÉV	Örs vezér tér M+H - Gödöllő
	Csömöri HÉV	Örs vezér tér M+H - Csömör

See also[link]

• List of HÉV stations

External links[link]

Media related to HEV at Wikimedia Commons

• Schedule at BKV site
• UrbanRail.Net map
• Budapest HÉV railway photos
• Commuter service around Budapest: The BHEV
• Map of HÉV lines
• Map of old HÉV lines

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Assemblage 23
Tom Shear is Assemblage 23
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Futurepop Industrial music Electro-industrial Synthpop Electronic Body Music
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Gashed! Metropolis Accession Records
Website	www.assemblage23.com
Members
Tom Shear

Assemblage 23 is an electronic act from the United States, currently based in Seattle. It was founded in 1988 by Tom Shear who writes the music and lyrics and does the recording himself.

History[link]

1980s–1990s (Pre-Assemblage 23)[link]

Prior to starting Assemblage 23, Shear experimented with music under the name Man on a Stage, beginning in the early 1980s. Most of Shear's music at this point was instrumental, as he lacked the confidence to sing; the quality of the music itself was highly questionable by his own admission. Shear eventually began to add vocals to his music; at the same time, Shear was also playing bass in a live band called the Advocates.

Assemblage 23 was officially born in 1988, after Shear experienced the industrial dance music played by an opening DJ for Depeche Mode. The style of this genre deeply impressed Shear; he believed he had finally found the sort of sound he wanted for his music.^[1] Even so, the project was more of a hobby for Shear at this point; it took until 1998 for Assemblage 23 to gather enough positive acclaim to attract the attention of record labels.

Late 1990s – early 2000[link]

Shear signed a deal in 1999 with the Canadian label Gashed! to for a full-length album (Contempt, released in November 1999). A second album, Failure, followed in March 2001 and was released by Gashed in North America and Accession Records in Europe. A single from Failure, "Disappoint", was released on Accession in October 2001. The song dealt with Shear's sense of loss after his father's suicide on October 28, 1999 and features a sample from the film In the Line of Fire.

After falling out with Gashed Records following Failure, Shear signed with US label Metropolis Records (US) later in 2001; Metropolis re-released Contempt and Failure in November. A remix release, Addendum, was also released in November only on Accession. By this point, Assemblage 23 had become fairly popular within the EBM genre; the third album, Defiance, was released in October 2002 on Metropolis and Accession, preceded by the single "Document", in September of that year.

Assemblage 23 released a fourth album, Storm, in October 2004 with singles "Let the Wind Erase Me" in August and "Ground" in November.

Mid 2000 – present[link]

In March 2007, Assemblage 23 released a new single, "Binary", which debuted at #21 on the Billboard US singles chart, preceding the album Meta, released in April 2007.

Also in 2007 saw the release of "Early Rare & Unreleased"^[2] which is a collection of 14 Assemblage 23 tracks taken from the years 1988–1998. In 2009, "Early Rare & Unreleased Volume Two" was released.

Assemblage 23 performed at Montreal's Kinetik Festival in May 2009. In September 2009, Assemblage 23 released the single "Spark," followed by its sixth studio album Compass.

The upcoming album "Bruise", is scheduled for release on June 12, 2012.^[3]

Discography[link]

Demo cassette[link]

• Demo, Fall 1998 – (CS demo) 1998 – no label

Studio albums[link]

• Contempt – (CD album) 1999 – Gashed! • (CD album) 2000 – Accession Records • (CD album) 2001 – Metropolis
• Failure – (CD album) 2001 – Gashed!, Metropolis, Accession Records
• Defiance – (CD album) 2002 – Metropolis, Accession Records • (CD album) 2005 – Irond
• Storm – (CD album) 2004 – Metropolis, Accession Records • (CD) 2005 – Irond
• Meta – (CD album) 2007 – Metropolis, Accession Records, Irond
• Compass – (CD album) Oct. 2009 – Metropolis, Accession Records, Irond
• Bruise – (CD album) June 2012– Metropolis, Accession Records, Irond

Remix albums, EPs[link]

• Addendum – (CD) 2001 – Accession Records

Early, Rare, & Unreleased collections[link]

• Early, Rare & Unreleased 1988–1998 – (CD, Ltd. Edition) 2007 – 23db
• Early, Rare & Unreleased: Volume Two – (CD, Ltd. Edition) 2009 – 23db

Singles[link]

• "Disappoint" – (CD, Maxi) 2001 – Accession Records
• "Document" – (CD Maxi) 2002 – Accession Records
• "Let the Wind Erase Me" – (CD Maxi) 2004 – Metropolis, Accession Records
• "Ground"– (CD Maxi) 2004 – Metropolis, Accession Records
• "Binary" – (CD Maxi) 2007 – Metropolis, Accession Records
• "Spark" – (CD Maxi) Sept. 2009 – Metropolis, Accession Records

See also[link]

• Nerve Filter, a side project by Shear.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Official MySpace
• Human.Not.Machine Official Forum
• Metropolis Records
• Accession Records
• Unofficial Releases, Remixes and Compilations