Romanian National Railway Company, CFR SA, and a consortium of Astaldi SpA – FCC Construccion SA – Salcef Construzioni Edili e Ferroviarie SpA – SC Thales Systems România SRL signed two contracts worth RON 3.45 billion for the modernisation of 78 km of railways. The sections to be upgraded are km 614 – Cap Y Bârzava (2a) and Bârzava (cap Y) – Ilteu (cap Y) (2b), located on TEN-T 22 Priority Axis (pan-European Corridor IV) Nürenberg–Prague–Vienna–Budapest- Curtici–Simeria–Braşov–Bucharest-Constanta.
The objectives of the contracts are the rehabilitation of 77.95 km of rail infrastructure and superstructure so that passenger trains could run at a maximum speed of 160 km/h. Embankment and consolidation works will be carried out on the whole distance, as well as the construction of 28 bridges (of which two over Mures River) and 64 culverts, the construction of a 603-m long tunnel, civil engineering works in 11 rail stations (including stops), electrification and energy supply works, as well as the implementation of the ERTMS safety system (ETCS level 2 + GSMR).
The financing source for the execution of rehabilitation works is non-reimbursable European funds and state budget funds and the total estimated cost of the two contracts is RON 3.45 billion (VAT excluded), around EUR 760 million.
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