Bucharest subway operator, Metrorex, has placed a EUR 47mln order with CAF for eight additional metro trains. This contract extension consist in the supply of eight new metro units, to add to the 16 units first awarded to CAF in September 2011, which are currently in revenue service operation. The extension amounts to approximately 47 million euros, and will be financed with European Investment Bank funds. The new units will be similar to those recently delivered, consisting of six cars with a stainless steel structure, four of which are motor cars and the other two trailer cars. The units provide for a passenger capacity of 1,200, along a length of 114m, with an unobstructed passage along the entire train.
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