ROMANIA: Mayor of Timișoara Dominic Fritz has signed a contract for Turkish manufacturer Bozankaya to supply a further 10 trams.
The three-section, 20 m long 100% low-floor trams to be delivered by spring 2027 will have a capacity of more than 150 passengers. The 105·8m lei+VAT order placed on February 19 is being be financed through EU cohesion policy programmes for western Romania in 2021–27.
Bozankaya has previously delivered 40 five-section trams to the city under earlier contracts.
‘Last year’s statistics clearly shows that we are on the right track: 53% of Timișoara residents use public transport, and a total of 177 million trips were recorded’, said Fritz. ‘These figures oblige us to continuously improve services for those who already rely on public transport, while also making the system attractive enough for even more people to choose the tram, bus or trolleybus. The new trams we are purchasing will directly improve service quality on routes 7 and 9 where there is a great need for change and modernisation.’
