ROMANIA: Cluj-Napoca Mayor Emil Boc announced on April 18 that city transport authority CTP is to receive a €20m ERBD loan towards the purchase of five to seven trams and 50 buses.
The loan is to be disbursed in mid-June and would be paid back over 10 years using proceeds from a special 6·65% tax established in 2013 on every ticket sold by CTP.
In recent years CTP spent €32m on modernising tram infrastructure and €6m on the purchase of four Pesa Swing trams, with the help of EU funds.
ROMANIA: Electroputere VFU presented the first rebuilt GT4 tram to Iaşi Mayor Gheorghe Nichita on June 27. The project was jointly developed by city transport operator RATP and Electroputere VFU, which carried out the work at its Paşcani factory.
ROMANIA: The European Commission approved on June 4 an €83m grant from the EU Cohesion Fund for the northwest extension of Line 4 of the București metro.
ROMANIA: Two modernised trams for Timișoara were presented to the public on July 8 to coincide with the city’s annual Urban Transport Day.
