ROMANIA: Infrastructure manager CFR has selected a joint venture of Webuild and Salcef to modernise two sections of the Caransebeș - Timișoara – Arad line.
The first contract is worth €448m and covers rehabilitation and double-tracking of the 56 km between Arad and the Ronat Triaj yard near Timișoara.
The 42 month project will raise the maximum speed to 160 km/h for passenger trains and 120 km/h for freight, with curves realigned, a new bridge built over the River Mureș and six bridges and nine stations refurbished. The 7 km Aradul Nou – Glogovăț line will be also upgraded within the scope of the package.
The second tranche of work is worth €295m and covers renewal and double-tracking of the 14 km Timișoara Est – Ronat Triaj line, along with investment in seven stations including Timişoara Nord.
The work is being funded from the National Recovery & Resilience Plan.
- A new River Tărlung bridge on the Hărman – Întorsura Buzăului line in Budila opened on August 16, replacing a structure from 1931 which was destroyed by flooding in 2018.
