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September 22, 2021 | Europe

Cargounit orders up to 30 locomotives from Siemens Mobility

The first multi-system Vectron locomotives will be delivered this year.

August 19, 2021 | Fleet

Siemens Mobility to supply 20 multi-system Vectrons to Railpool

Locomotives to be used in 11 countries in central and eastern Europe.

July 1, 2021 | Infrastructure

Hungary-Romania line double track project contract awarded

30km section to be rebuilt, electrified and track doubled.

June 23, 2021 | Financial

New EIB funding package includes support for rail projects

Funding has been approved by the EIB for rail projects, Covid-19 recovery initiatives, and renewable energy.

November 3, 2020 | Fleet

Bucharest Metro orders new fleet for Line 5

BUCHAREST’s state-owned transport operator Metrorex has awarded a €240m contract for up to 30 six-car Metropolis trains to Alstom for use on the newly constructed metro Line 5.

September 23, 2020 | Infrastructure

CFR awards contract for Caţa - Apaţa line upgrades

ROMANIA’s national infrastructure manager CFR has awarded a Lei 2.72bn ($US 655m) contract for Lot 2 of the Sighișoara - Brașov line modernisation project to the Asocierea RailWorks consortium.

September 21, 2020 | Metros

Bucharest Metro Line 5 opens

BUCHAREST metro operator Metrorex has opened the 7km Line 5, which runs from Eroilor, where it interchanges with lines 1 and 3, to Raul Doamnei, with a branch to a station and depot at Valea Ialomitei.

July 7, 2020 | Fleet

Electroputere VFU unveils first DMU

GRAMPET’s Romanian maintenance subsidiary Electroputere VFU has completed the production of its first DMU, with the vehicle leaving its manufacturing facility in Pascani to begin the certification process.

February 26, 2020 | Financial

EC orders CFR Marfa to repay illegal state aid

AN investigation by the European Commission (EC) has found that Romanian state-owned freight operator CFR Marfa received €570m in illegal state aid, comprising a debt write-off and failure to collect debts from the railway undertaking, beginning in 2010. The operator must now pay this amount back to the government, with interest.

November 5, 2019 | Infrastructure

Romanian upgrade contract re-awarded after bids re-evaluated

ROMANIAN infrastructure manager CFR has awarded a contract to upgrade the Apata - Cata section of the Brasov - Simeria line, which forms part of the Rhine-Danube Corridor, cancelling an earlier contract with a Turkish consortium.

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