Romanian railway infrastructure manager, CFR SA, and Asocierea RailWorks consortium signed a EUR 620.7 million (RON 2.97 billion) contract for the modernisation of Brasov-Apata and Cata-Sighisoara sections (86 km) on Brasov–Sighisoara line, part of Rhine-Danube Corridor.
Asocierea RailWorks consortium consists of Alstom as the leader and Aktor, Arcada and Euroconstruct Trading 98, which are providing civil and rail works.
Alstom has a share of more than EUR 120 million of the contract.
The project is expected to last four years.
The contract covers the modernisation of approximately 170 km of railway infrastructure for passenger trains operating at up to 160 km/h. It includes infrastructure and superstructure rehabilitation, electrification, signalling and telecommunication systems, including GSM-R, as well as civil works. Alstom is directly responsible for the implementation of a traffic control centre in the city of Brasov, the digital interlocking and ERTMS Level 2 deployment, passenger information systems and catenary upgrades and electric traction substations.
“This contract reaffirms Alstom’s leading position on the Romanian railway market, for both digital train control and electrification. After installing the first modern traffic management system in Romania, we are now ready to extend such high-level performance to the new sections. This project will be another strong reference for Alstom. Bucharest has become a strategic hub for Alstom’s train control expertise, not just for local projects, but also the rest of central and eastern Europe,” said Gabriel Stanciu, Alstom Managing Director for Romania, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova.
Under the contract, Alstom will deliver its Atlas 200 ERTMS Level 2 solution allowing trains to run at higher speeds without physical lineside signals. Alstom will also deliver the traffic management system for the train control centre and implement the GSM-R telecommunications system.
For the upgrade of the catenary systems, Alstom will supply its OCS3 catenary solution for main lines, leveraging its inhouse capabilities at the manufacturing facility in Lecco, Italy, and its worldwide experience of OCS3 in commercial operation.
The currently 130 km long Brasov–Sighisoara line is part of a global project aiming at upgrading the existing railway line from Brasov to the Hungarian border. It consists of three sub-sections Brasov–Apata, Apata–Cata, and Cata–Sighisoara.
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