Romania is the second country after the Czech Republic to buy polish PESA EMU ‘s , as the central European country has a framework contract for 200 units due in 2021. On Tuesday at the Ministry of Transport ARF signed the purchase contract for 62 regional trains, which brings the value of the traction rolling stock purchases made so far to almost 10 billion lei (EUR 2 billion).
The value of the contracts signed so far at the Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure for the purchase of new trains is 9.9 billion lei (EUR 2 billion), which means 119 electric trainsets, plus 16 electric locomotives, Romanian minister Sorin Grindeanu said on Tuesday.
“The value of the contracts signed for the purchase of new trains at the Transport Ministry today as we speak is 9.9 billion lei, meaning 119 electric trainsets plus the 16 electric locomotives. This also means another thing – a profound change of the entire fleet of trains in Romania which is absolutely necessary. As I said before, the fact that no new trains have been bought in Romania for more than 20 or so years is evident in terms of the comfort of citizens”, said Grindeanu, at the signing ceremony of the contract for the purchase of 62 regional electric trainsets (RE-R), won by the Polish manufacturer Pojazdy Szynowe Pesa Bydgoszcz Spolka Akcyjna (PESA).
According to him, apart from the hydrogen trains, all other contracts involving the purchase of new rolling stock through the NRRP and the Modernisation Fund have been concluded.
“Today, as we speak, apart from the hydrogen trains, where the tender is not concluded, for all the others that are part of the PNRR and part of what means modernisation funds the contracts have been concluded. These new trains will run on 10 electrified routes” the minister argued.
PESA EMU contract dates:
- Maintenance duration included 15-30 years
- contract duration: 221-222 months
- RE-R composition: 3 wagons, of which one motor wagon
- 53% low floor
- number of doors: eight in total, four on each side
- total number of passengers: 453 (4 passengers/square meter standing)
- number of bicycle seats: 16
- number of seats: 224
- train distribution: CFR Călători 34, Regio Călători 6, Transferoviar 7, Interregional Călători 8, Astra TransCarpatic 4 and Softrans 3 (romanian operators)
According to Krzysztof Zdziarski, CEO of PESA Bydgoszcz, this train is going with passengers to the Czech Republic, but they will be in Bulgaria, Germany, Sweden and of course Poland. “We want to be very present, with the best services on the market. They are very modern trains, ELF model (electric low floor – ed.) after the initial generations, I and II. It is very important that after delivering trams in Craiova, Cluj, Iași we are now doing inter-regional collection of passengers, it is important to offer public connectivity to passengers in a convenient way,” he said.
Polish Ambassador to Bucharest Pawel Soloch was also present at the event.
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