ROMANIA: Hitachi Rail has completed Romania's first deployment of its new L90 RO electronic interlocking platform at Ciulnița and Fetești stations, replacing the legacy SELMIS equipment previously used at the two stations on the Bucharest–Constanța line.
ROMANIA: Romania’s 16 new Alstom Traxx Passenger locomotives face a risk of being unable to enter regular passenger service because of a reported incompatibility between their onboard ETCS configuration and parts of the CFR network.
ROMANIA–BULGARIA: The two countries are renewing passenger fleets with 188 contracted EMUs, but delivery, certification and maintenance schedules—not order totals alone—will determine how quickly the new trains reach regular service.
Romania’s CFR has signed a contract with the Alstom-led TrackWorks consortium to modernise 44 km between Filiași and Igiroasa for faster passenger and freight operations.
As reported by Rail Journal, Alstom Coradia Stream EMUs are entering Romanian PSO services. Romania’s Railway Reform Authority (ARF) handed over the first of 13 units assigned to InterRegional Călători (IRC). IRC is using them under the first contract awarded by ARF to a private company.
Pesa has developed the first interregional Romanian electric train, which is set to be sent in October to a test station at Făurei. The production is under a 2023 contract.
Alstom signed a contract to modernize the Bucharest — Giurgiu line in Romania, a $490 million project that will increase passenger train speeds to 160 km/h. This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.
Romania presented the Leon diesel train at Bucharest Station — the first domestically built rolling stock certified for use across the European Union. This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.
Romania is investing €428 million to reconstruct the Craiova–Caransebeș railway segment, assigning the major project to Austrian builder PORR. Over 32 km of infrastructure will undergo modernization. This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.
Romania’s railway reform authority ARF has announced a tender for the purchase of 23 electric locomotives, each capable of speeds up to 160 km/h and hauling 16-car passenger trains. This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.
The PESA electric train, manufactured in Poland, was officially unveiled in Romania on May 22 at a conference in Oradea, arriving seven months ahead of the contractual delivery date. This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.
The railway route across the Prut will reconnect Romania and Moldova as both countries have agreed to restore the Cantemir – Falciu section after more than 30 years of inactivity. This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.
