Works on the 7.78-kilometer rail section, which is part of the fourth pan-European transport corridor, should be completed in 30 months and financing will be ensured from EU funds (85%) and the state budget (15%), CFR said in a press release Tuesday.
Besides upgrades on the railway tracks, works include the construction and/or rehabilitation of 16 railway bridges, eight passageways and one tunnel, electrification, railway communications, civil engineering and environmental protection.
The contract award may be contested within ten days.
Upgrades on railways on the fourth pan-European transport corridor target allowing passenger trains to reach speeds of 160 km/ hour and freight trains to hit 120 km/ hour.
Austria’s Swietelsky builds railway beds and has worked on upgrades to the Bucharest-Campina railway and a tram rail in Bucharest. It is currently working on the rehabilitation of the Bucharest-Constanta railway, part of the same pan-European transport corridor.
France’s Alstom operates in Romania via Alstom Transport Romania, which provides maintenance services to Romania’s subway company Metrorex under a 15-year contract signed din 2003.
Galati-based Arcada Company SA specializes in construction of railways, roads, bridges, and civil engineering. The company is owned by Spiru Mantu and Mihai Huma, each with 44% of the shares.
Euroconstruct Trading ’98, also Romanian-based, is owned by businessman Dan Besciu and specializes in road infrastructure. The company is working on the Bucharest-Ploiesti and Sibiu-Orastie highways and is upgrading several national roads.
Transferoviar Grup was founded in 2003 and is owned by Romanian businessman Calin Mitică. The company operates in freight transport and repairs freight and passenger train cars and locomotives. The group tapped the passenger railway transport market last year and operates two routes in counties Buzau and Bihor.