The contract for the purchase of interregional electric frames was concluded in the Ministry of Transport between the Railway Reform Office and the Polish manufacturer PESA. The contract provides for the purchase of 20 long-range electric frames and can be supplemented with nine more frames. PESA manufactures trains and trams, and the company’s vehicles are used in 11 countries, including Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Russia and Belarus.

The term of delivery of the first frame is 24 months from the moment of signing the contract.

Electric frames consist of three cars and provide 191 seats.

Pesa (Pojazdy Szynowe Pesa Bydgoszcz) is one of the most famous European companies for the production of trains and trams. It delivered a lot to Poland, a country that invested heavily in trains, but Pesa won big contracts in Germany and even delivered to Kazakhstan.

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In terms of passenger comfort, the frames have air-conditioning systems, Wi-Fi, a bar/bistro area, an area for passengers with disabilities, and an area for automatic ticketing and composting machines, ARF said.

The contract provides for the purchase of 20 long-distance electrical frames and their maintenance for 15 years, with the possibility of supplementing the initial order with an additional act. Thus, it is possible to achieve the purchase of 29 units, with a service life of 30 years. The supplier will also provide staff training services for the operation, training and use of the software.

The total cost of the project is 1,106,400,000.00 lei, excluding VAT (223,799,987.87 euros), of which 830,400,000.00 lei is the cost of frames (167,971,357.49 euros) and 276,000,000.00 lei ( 55,828,63 0.38 euros), maintenance services.

Financing of the project is provided from the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan, “Component 4 – Sustainable Transport” and from the state budget, through MTI, within the amounts approved annually for this purpose, in accordance with approved state investment programs. according to the law.

Where will PESA trains run?

The rolling stock purchased by the ARF within the framework of this project is provided to railway passenger transport operators within the framework of the TSP 2022-2032, in accordance with the provisions of the Methodology for the distribution of newly purchased rolling stock, on the following traffic routes: Cluj-Napoca – Sighisoara – Brasov; Cluj-Napoca – Alba-Lulia – Cimmeria – Tirgu-Giu – Craiova; Brasov – Ploiesti – Buzau – Focsani – Bacau – Pashkan – Iasi/Sucava; Galati – Mereşest – Bacău – Pashkan – Lasi/Sučava; Galati – Braila – Feurei – Fetesh – Constanta (Mangalia); (Mangalia) – Constanța – Feteshti – Braila – Merešesti – Bacău – Pascan – Iasi/Suceva; (Giurgiu) – Bucharest – Tsyulnitsa – Calarasand, say those from the ARF.

According to the analysis of the operation of the electrified lines, Cluj-Napoca – Oradea and Craiova – Calafat, the expansion of services after the completion of electrification also includes the following traffic routes: Oradea – Cluj-Napoca – Sighisoara – Brasov; Cluj-Napoca – Alba-Lulia – Cimmeria – Tirgu-Giu – Craiova – Calafat.