According to Metrorex, the contract will run for about 24 months.
The project also includes the construction of a depot, a multimodal bus terminal and a park-and-ride facility, said the company.
In May, the Transport Ministry put forward a draft Government decision to extend subway mainline 4 to the Straulesti lake area, where a terminal, a parking lot and a bus terminal will also be constructed. The investment is estimated at RON1.22 billion, VAT included.
According to the normative act, the project will run for four years and will be financed through a loan granted by the European Investment Bank and with state budget funds and Metrorex funds.
Mainline 4 currently has four stations, namely Gara de Nord 2, Basarab 2, Grivita and 1 Mai, with two more stations to be opened in July – Pajura and Parc Bazilescu.
Bucharest’s 67-km subway network has four mainlines and 49 stations. This spring, Metrorex awarded contracts to construct a new mainline, which is to be opened to traffic in 2014.