The mainline section in question would be 11 km long, would have 14 stops and one depot and wold cost EUR1.1 billion to build, the company said. It would run from Bucharest’s main train station, Gara de Nord, to Gara Progresul in the south part of the city.
A feasibility study is due in the second half of 2019 and both studies are financed through the Swiss-Romanian cooperation program, it added.