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ROMANIA: ARF, the railway reform agency, announced on October 30 that it had selected Pesa Bydgoszcz as a supplier of 62 electrical equipment for regional services.
After the standstill period, a contract worth between 3. 2 and 4. 2 billion lei will be signed, which the losing bidder, Alstom, can appeal. It will come with 15 years of maintenance, with an option for 15 more years.
EMUs will be available to existing and long-term operators of subsidized services.
The EMUs will be ordered in 3 batches, starting with 20 for the București – Ploiești – Adjud, Iași – Pașcani – Suceava and Bacău – Pașcani routes. The second batch would come with 23 sets for Brașov – Gheorgheni, Arad – Timișoara – Caransebeș and Huedin – Cluj – Bistrița, with the last 19 EMUs to be used in București – Ploiești – Brașov, București – Roșiori, București Norte – București Obor. /Services Fundulea and Constanța – Fetești.
The order is funded through the European Union’s Transport Programme 2021-27 with co-funding from the Romanian Government.
ROMANIA: The railway reform agency ARF has chosen Polish manufacturer Pesa Bydgoszcz as the winner of a contract for the supply of 20 InterRegio electric units, in addition to an additional nine. The order announced on September 14 amounts to 1,000 million zlotys, adding 15 years of maintenance with. . .
ROMANIA: The ARF, the railway reform authority, has awarded Alstom a contract for the construction of a further 17 Coradia Stream interregional force assemblies and 15-year maintenance. This follows a €270 million order for an initial 20 EMUs announced in March, Alstom’s first order for 20 EMUs.
ROMANIA: Alstom has announced its first order for long-distance passenger trains to Romania. The €270 million contract signed with ARF, the railway reform authority, and announced on March 25, covers the delivery of 20 Coradia Stream sets and 15-year Array interregional power train sets.