Hungarian railway workers Tuesday continued their third day of strike, disrupting train services throughout the country, the Hungarian News Agency MTI reported.

Many trains, including all the international ones, have been cancelled due to the strike, while others are running on shorter routes or with delays, according to the Hungarian State Railways (MAV).

The southern railway station in Budapest has been brought to a standstill, but the western and eastern railway stations are still operating.

The MAV and the railway workers' trade union VDSZSZ held talks Tuesday morning, but reached no agreement.

VDSZSZ Chairman Istvan Gasko said the rail workers are determined to continue their strike until an agreement is reached.

The strike, which involves about 30 percent to 40 percent of Hungarian rail workers, costs the MAV a loss of 700 million forints (about 3.55 million U.S. dollars) each day, according to Gasko.

Hungary's railway workers' trade union resumed an open-ended strike from midnight Saturday. The strike was first launched in February but has been suspended several times.

The union is demanding a payment of 250,000 forints (1,340 U.S. dollars) for every worker from privatization revenues of a unit of the MAV and a 10 percent pay rise, to be paid retroactively, for all those who are working for the MAV's subsidiary companies.

The MAV said it would not meet the union's "groundless" demands, adding that the strike was aimed at disturbing the implementation of the new railway timetables.

Finance Minister Janos Veres also rebuffed the trade union's demands as unfounded Tuesday, saying that the government is not in a position to fulfill such unfounded demands.