| Project Detail |
Upgrading 308 km of double track railway line between Arad (starting from a few km east of the main station), about 30 km east of the HU/RO border, and Sighisoara on a line that leads to Bucharest and Constanta (Rhine-Danube Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Corridor). The upgrading of the mixed traffic (passenger and freight) railway line includes an increase of maximum design speed (160 km/h for passenger trains and 120 km/h for freight trains), axle load and maximum permissible train length, as well as installation of European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS) level 2. Objectives The project is expected to improve the quality of regional rail services in the north-west of Romania as well as national and international rail services using the Arad-Sighisoara section of the Rhine-Danube TEN-T Corridor. The main improvements will be reduction of travel times, vehicle operating cost savings, environmental and safety benefits. The project will promote modal shift from road and air to rail and consequently enhance sustainable transport with reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and therefore mitigate climate change in line with EU objectives. The project is also expected to fulfill the interoperability requirements for TEN-T Corridors set under the Regulation (EU) no. 1315/2013 on the Arad-Sighiosoara railway line, part of the Rhine-Danube TEN-T Corridor connecting Dresden to Constanta. |
