The business company Tárnok-Trans Kft. is the direct successor of a sole proprietorship that started its activity 30 years ago. The separate ways of the father and his son finally met after years.

In 2015 the company was founded as a family business equipped with 2 buses for passenger transport and 2 tarpaulin lorries for removal services and goods transport to meet the demands of the region.

At that time we managed to acquire customers for local passenger transport and short-distance routes.

In the area of goods transport and removal services, the boom has been continuous for 30 years, and the interest and demands for these services are huge even now.

In 2016 we started to look for qualified drivers with driving experience of more than one million kilometres, found suitable persons, and ever since we have employed those of them who enjoy this profession and pay attention not only to the passengers sitting behind them but also to the considerate handling of their work equipment. It is our firm belief that the soul of a service is the person who meets and serves the customer directly, contributing with his/her face and knowledge to it.

In addition, we have introduced an on-line calendar system where each member of our staff can record their own data and information. In this system we can view the daily tasks and activities by means of their e-mail-addresses and smart phones, and the operators of this calendar can get information on reservations and make an offer in compliance with the increased and up-to-date requirements of today’s world.

Soon after it became clear that until 2017 the company would grow so that it would be inevitable to expand the vehicle fleet by two additional buses.

In 2017 the company purchased two new buses, expanding its bus fleet to 4 vehicles with a total passenger capacity of 81.

We installed a new electronic invoicing program, trying to meet the rapidly changing and increasing demands thereby as well. This computer program was supplied by the company Kulcs-Szoft Kft.

In 2018 a new tarpaulin lorry was bought by the managers of the company for the purpose of providing removal services for people changing their residence in the region. It has a larger load platform as well as a stronger and more modern engine as compared to the former vehicles.

The number of employees of the company also increased: the strength and endurance of two more full-time employees helped the work of the team of manual labourers.

In 2019, to meet the growing demands for passenger transport, the company purchased 2 minibuses with a seating capacity of 9 each. This offered new opportunities, of which we did not have any idea at first. Our first commuter service transported the employees of the company Sárrét-Plast Zrt. It was a serious new challenge that changed our organisational structure radically, expanding our business with a new „leg” in addition to the existing „legs” without any problems.

At the end of the year, the team of bus drivers also increased in number by permanent members. Our full-time drivers perform most of the tasks, with some help of part-time drivers employed by us.

Since the beginning of the 2020s, we have supported the work of our bus drivers and customers by using the custom-made driving log sheets that we have designed and prepared in cooperation with the printing company Basámi Nyomdaipari Kft. so that they can meet the valid statutory provisions in all respects.

In February of that year, our vehicle fleet was increased by 2 buses, each with a transport capacity of 19 persons. They are air-conditioned and automated vehicles that can meet all up-to-date requirements. At this time we also introduced the use of digital bus driver cards. They supported not only the work of our bus drivers but also that of background employees to a great extent.

Further improvements to serve our customers’ demands: we also made available 2 towable, closed, water-tight, and lockable package-carrying trailers to our customers.

Our drivers’ and loaders’ clothes with company logos and labelling have given a uniform image to our company since the spring of 2020. Their premium clothes of top quality have been designed for regular use and can meet all requirements, since we always pay attention to their comfort, and so we have decided for a supplier in Dombóvár at their request. We have the company logo embroidered on each item of clothing by a local contractor in Dombóvár, also endeavouring to support the excellent craftspeople of our town in this way.

According to contact-free communication induced by the coronavirus pandemic and the requirements of NAV (National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary), in 2020 we changed to online invoicing software and had to give up our offline invoicing program that we had used successfully for years before. All communication has already been and is now done in e-mails, including the sending of driving log sheets and the exchange of documents related to invoicing.

It also happened this spring that the company AETRControl Kft. became our partner, offering a versatile website, an application and a web utility program that enables us to follow the working hours, rest periods and driving periods of the bus drivers in order to avoid penalties of relevant authorities. The operators update this program daily according to the actual statutory provisions and provide immediate help if required, ensuring our inward peace.

In September 2021 we gained the trust of the Municipality of Dombóvár Town and became the public service provider of local bus traffic, which meant a huge challenge for us. The number of our employees increased threefold, and our vehicle fleet was supplemented with 5 city bus of the type MAN Liony1s City. We gave a unified image to the bus lines of the town, as well as modernised the sale of daily and season tickets, gaining a reputation in the region.

At the same time it became necessary to change the organisational framework of the company by the designation of team leaders. The work of company managers and employees became more transparent, while communication and the issue/control of tasks were simplified. One of the designated team leaders manages the buses of local transport and the buses with a capacity of 20 passengers, another one manages the minibuses with a capacity of 9 passengers, and the third one manages the loading/goods transport team.

The coronavirus pandemic induced serious changes in our company. Schools and educational institutions withdrew from journeys, and they were more and more replaced by commuter services. We started with a single company at first, but now we carry the employees of several institutions and large companies – such as Szent Lukács Hospital, Mecsek Baromfi Kft. and its whole group, Vertikál Zrt., Schein Ortopédia Kft., Interplus Kft. etc. – to and from work: our small-sized buses (with 9-20 seats) carry passengers/employees day and night. In February 2022 one, in April another one, and then in September two more minibuses with 9 seats each were added to our vehicle fleet, and in June we bought a bus with a capacity of 20 passengers to be able to meet the increased demands completely. The number of our full-time employees doubled to 20 persons, and another 10-20 part-timers helped the operation of the company.

In the same year we had to follow the increase of the number of orders by buying 9 further minibuses, and we had to find new employees to be able to fulfil the orders in accordance with the statutory provisions. This included the field of administration as well, since the relevant tasks multiplied following the time of the pandemic.

Hard work continued in the year 2023: we could forecast the increase of our business activity due to the increasing number of orders for commuter services as well as school journeys and class outings thanks to the process of normalisation after the pandemic. That year we worked with 24 full-time employees and 14 casual workers, which meant the highest headcount so far.

Within the meaning of the government decision, of which vague rumours were afloat at the end of 2023 and which later materialised, buses with a weight of 3.5 metric tons have become subject to road toll since 1 April 2024. On-board units (OBU) of the company iCell Kft. and GPS-based tracking devices have been installed in our large buses and in our 9-passenger minibuses, respectively, which has enabled us to collect huge amounts of data.

For further details of our company, please visit our website at www.tarnoktrans.hu.

Thank you for reading this introductory information about our company.

Dombóvár, July 2024

Zoltán Tárnok jr. – Managing Director, Proprietor

Tímea Tárnok-Horváth – Managing Director, Proprietor

Zoltán István Tárnok – Proprietor