​The first electric train from Alstom arrived in Romania on December 4, the company is fixing small defects and the train will arrive in a few days to the test ring in Feurei. In the best case, the train will leave with passengers at the end of January 2024, says the Railway Reform Authority. During the tests, the train has to travel more than 10,000 km on the Romanian railway network.

“Regarding the temporary commissioning of the first RE-IR frame delivered by Alstom yesterday to passengers: this will not happen before the end of January 2024, after our supplier has completed the necessary tests on the Făurei ring (the frame is scheduled to be sent to Făurei this weekend), carrying out endurance journeys by rail in Romania for a distance of at least 10,000 km, handing over the storage frame for handling passengers to CFR Călători from Alstom and handing over the vehicle authorization documents. to move the frame to a specific section of the rail network in Romania,” ARF reports.

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On December 14, the RE-IR1 ARF project team and the Egis Rail management team inspected a train brought by Alstom Ferroviaria to Romania for delivery to the ARF. The inspection followed the notification sent by the supplier for the day and is part of the official procedures for delivery, release to passengers and, subsequently, acceptance of the rail transport. No serious defects were found during the inspection.

During the next period, Alstom must complete the restoration of the identified points, including conducting dynamic train demonstrations.

Once the entire process is complete, based on Alstom’s announcement, ARF will be able to present the train to the public before putting it into service for passengers. This stage also involves obtaining the necessary permits from traffic safety authorities in the railway sector.