“The Hungarian government has approved financing of HUF1 billion (EUR3.3 million) for the feasibility study of this project. The Hungarian government has no objection to Romania’s plan to extend a high speed railroad line to Bucharest,” said Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto, cited by MTI.
The average speed of trains in Romania is 45 km/hour due to poor infrastructure and the country’s state-owned railroad company has projects to upgrade rails so trains would run at 160 km/hour.
High-speed rail entails speeds of at least 200 km/hour for upgraded track and 250 km/hour or faster for new track.