What is the current new rolling stock demand in Romania? What are the financing sources used for procurement of new multiple-units, locomotives, freight and passenger wagons, trams or metro vehicles? How and how many European funds could we access for this purpose? Which difficulties are facing the rail transport operators, the independent transport companies, local companies or municipalities to upgrade the existing rolling stock fleet? What projects will they develop over the next period to ensure a sustainable mobility?
Last year, we announced that major contracts were signed for the rehabilitation and modernisation of rail infrastructure on Railway Corridor IV in Romania and, we were saying, at the end of the year, that we hoped to also announce rolling stock projects in 2018. And we do have projects to announce!
Bucharest Municipality continues the “100 trams for Bucharest” project. Moreover, most cities that still have an urban rail transport network plan to renew their rolling stock fleet by 2020-2022!
Cluj Municipality has launched the tender for the procurement of 22 new trams, Oradea will procure 10 new trams and other 20 second-hand trams, Iasi Municipality plans to put into service 12 new trams and Timisoara plans to buy 15 new trams, in a first stage. Braila, Botosani, Resita, Ploiesti, Arad, Craiova and Galati have also announced plans to upgrade their infrastructure and buy new trams.
2 days of dialogue and useful discussions
Club Feroviar invites you to participate in the Rolling Stock Conference we will organise in Iasi, with the support of the Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF), to try and find out together the answers to the above questions, but also to find out details and news about the urban rail transport projects.
Confirmed speakers include, Maria Magdalena Grigore, Secretary of State – Romanian Ministry of Transport, Gigi Gavrilă, President – of the Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF), Ion Gavrilă, General Manager – CFR SA, Leon Bărbulescu, General Manager – CFR Calatori, Marinică Voicu, General Manager – CFR Marfa, Constantin Andronache, General Manager – of the Romanian Railway Authority (AFER) and Liviu Dinu, Exploitation Manager – Metrorex.
Key topics will be approached such as:
-development of passenger and freight rail transport
-leasing services
-current and future tenders
-role of the private sector in making the rolling stock market more dynamic
-financing methods for new rolling stock
The second day of the event will host the technical visit to Electroputere VFU Pascani facility, one of the biggest Romanian companies that builds, upgrades and repairs passenger and freight cars and manufactures rolling stock spares. At Electroputere VFU Pascani, we will find out more details about the first locomotive in Romania that works exclusively with bio-diesel and vegetal oil, with no added diesel.
Participation will ensure access to information and know-how exchange with rolling stock suppliers, authorities and institutions.
For further details, go to https://www.conferinte.clubferoviar.ro/material-rulant/en/programme/ or email us at office@clubferoviar.ro /phone: 0212244385 /fax:0212244386.
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