The planned metro mainline will be approximately 20 kilometers long and will cross the northwestern Romanian city from west to east, connecting it to neighboring communes.
The proposed mainline would have 19 underground stations, of which 14 located in the city, and an underground depot.
The city hall signed a EUR7.4 million contract for pre-feasibility and feasibility studies with the consortium SWS Engineering SPA (Italy) – Systra (France) – Metrans Engineering SRL (Romania).
Local authorities expect to finance the metro line project from EU funds, local and national budgets or through public-private partnerships. The country’s investment minister Cristian Ghinea said recently the Cluj metro had been proposed for financing under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, a EUR30 billion EU funded program.