Although already present in the Romanian rolling stock market with the delivery of trams for the city of Cluj, Pesa Bydgoszcz plans to participate and win future tenders too.
“We know that CFR Calatori plans to launch a tender for the procurement of trains and we plan to draft a bid to meet the operator’s mobility needs. We also hope that the Romanian cities will launch tenders on the acquisition of trams as soon as possible, since every city needs new vehicles to renew their rolling stock fleet and meet new mobility demands”, declared Liviu Pecican, marketing manager Pesa for Western Markets.
Under the state budget, in January the authorities announced the availability of RON 100 Million (EUR 22 Million) for CFR Calatori to buy rolling stock. Trains would be put in service on Bucharest-Constanta, Bucharest-Brasov and Bucharest-Craiova routes.
On short and medium term, CFR Calatori plans to buy 100 rolling stock units (multiple units and EMUs). The procurement programme will be carried out until 2022 and is estimated at EUR 570 Million. At the moment, measures are taken so that CFR Calatori will become eligible to access funds through the Operational Programme Large Infrastructure (POIM) where the initial estimated amount considered was EUR 250 Million.
Also, in April, Cluj Napoca Local Council approved the project of the public transport company on the procurement of 7 trams, next to 43 buses, with financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The project, with a total estimated cost of EUR 20 Million, consists in the acquisition of 7 standard trams (of over 27 m). The local operator’s contribution in the project will amount to over EUR 4.8 Million.
For Pesa, Romania in particular, and Eastern Europe in general, are markets with high potential for rolling stock supply since countries in this region need to renew the rolling stock fleet and to procure public rail transport vehicles. “The Romanian market, as well as the East-European market, is developing also due to the availability of funds granted by the European Union who wants to encourage railway traffic and, obviously, public rail transport. Romania, too, has business opportunities due to its intention to promote this transport mode”, declared Karolina Żyłka-Mróz, marketing manager for LRV.
Apart from Romania, Pesa delivered and continues to deliver rolling stock to markets such as Germany, Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Lithuania.
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