This year, the work on several sections between Deva and Arad, where they have been working for many years, should be completed, and in the second half of 2023, traffic should resume on the line Bucharest – Giurgiu, closed since 2005. Also this year, work should begin on the sections between Cluj and Oradea and between Lugoj and Arad, writes Club Feroviar. Work will continue on the sections between Brasov and Sighisoara, where there is still a lot of work, until 2025.

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CFR SA says that for 2023 it estimates the following receptions between Cimmeria and Arad:

• 41 km on section 2a, km 614–Barzava, contract value for the performance of works 1,998,579,896.56 lei, start date: 27.07.2017, estimated completion date March 2023, developer: Association “Webuild – FCC – Salcef – Thales, lot 2a”; The physical stage of implementation is 79%.

• 18 km in section 2b Bârzava-Ilteu, contract value of works 2,085,565,017.01 lei, start date: 27.07.2017, estimated completion date August 2023, developer: “Webuild – FCC – Salcef – Thales” association, lot 2b “;

• 6 km on section 2c Ilteu-Gurasada, contract value of works 1,783,898,405.02 lei, start date: 03.12.2017, estimated completion date December 2023, developer: Railworks Association;

• 23 km in section 3 Gurasada-Simeria, contract value of works 3,101,195,448.78 lei, start date: 03.10.2017, estimated completion date September 2023, developer: Association FCC-Astaldi-Convensa, section 3.

In July 2023, rail traffic should resume on line 102 Bucharest – Hradištia – Giurgiu, completing the construction site between Vidra and Comana, including the Hradištia Bridge (12 km in total). The physical stage of implementation is 36%.

Work will continue on the sections between Brasov and Sighisoara, where from now on the work will continue for a long time. On the section Cața – Sighisoara, the degree of completion is 19%, and between Apața – Cața – 13%.

Which construction sites will start in 2023

“In 2023, work will begin on new sections for which contracts have been signed, respectively on the sections Cluj-Napoca – Oradea – Episcopia Bihor, Lugoz – Arad and Arad Nou – Glogovec. At the same time, from 2023, the recovery works will begin to modernize the lines at Fetești and Ciulnița stations,” say representatives of CNCF CFR SA.

Why so long

Delays in the rehabilitation projects were caused by difficulties in the supply of materials and equipment in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine, which caused a significant increase in prices, additional expropriation and removal of necessary forest areas from the forest. the uneven structure of the soil in the Mures river bed, which led to delays in the execution of foundations for bridges designed across this river, contingencies regarding the construction of the Bata tunnel, which led to the adaptation of the initial design to the situation on site, the unloading of the archaeological site of class A – La Cetate – Vărădia de Mureș, conservation of the archaeological site of Micia – interval Deva – Mintia, work signaling interface and ERTMS (ETCS level 2+GSM-R) between the implemented neighboring sectors by different contractors, reduced mobilization of the contractor Aktor for the execution of the support and two tunnels on two current projects.