Drilling has officially begun on the future M6 subway line connecting Bucharest to Henri Coand\u0103 International Airport (also known as Otopeni Airport), transport minister Sorin Grindeanu announced Wednesday, April 9, during a site visit to the Tokyo station construction site. The first tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been installed at B\u0103neasa to begin excavation for the subway galleries of the line\u2019s first section.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday marks the start of actual drilling work on the first section (1 Mai\u2013Tokyo) of the M6 line. The first TBM is already positioned in the tunnel at B\u0103neasa, on the site of the future \u2018Tokyo\u2019 station, and will begin drilling,\u201d Grindeanu said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The M6 subway line is one of Romania\u2019s most significant infrastructure projects, with a total value of RON 7.8 billion (excluding VAT). The full route will stretch over 14.2 kilometers and include 12 stations between 1 Mai and Otopeni Airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The line will be served by 12 new subway trains and is divided into two major sections.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first section – 1 Mai to Tokyo – is approximately 7 kilometers long and includes six stations: Pajura, Expozi\u021biei, Pia\u021ba Montreal, Gara B\u0103neasa, Aeroport B\u0103neasa, and Tokyo. Construction on this segment is being carried out by a consortium of Turkish contractors who have reached a physical completion rate of over 27%. The structural works for this section are scheduled to be completed by 2028.<\/p>\n
The second section – Tokyo to Otopeni Airport – will add another 7.6 kilometers to the line and six more stations: Washington, Paris, Bruxelles, Otopeni, Ion I.C. Br\u0103tianu, and Aeroport Otopeni. This segment is also being developed by a Turkish consortium, with structural completion expected by the end of 2027, Sorin Grindeanu said.<\/p>\n
In addition to infrastructure work, construction teams will begin work on finishing, track laying, and operational systems. A contract for these components, worth RON 1.7 billion (excluding VAT), was signed last month.<\/p>\n
Funding for the entire M6 subway line, including rolling stock, is secured through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), a loan from the Japanese government via the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Romania\u2019s state budget.<\/p>\n
Minister Grindeanu also reiterated his intention to eventually transfer Metrorex – the company operating Bucharest\u2019s subway system – to the authority of the City Hall, complete with its subsidies. \u201cIf we want a fully integrated transport system in Bucharest, Metrorex must come under the City Hall, including the state subsidy,\u201d he said, as quoted by Digi24<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also present at the construction site, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said that construction of the subway line to Otopeni Airport is more than just an infrastructure project, \u201cit is a symbol of progress, ambition, and our commitment to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cEvery modern European capital should have a direct subway connection to its main airport. And Bucharest deserves to be a model of modernity – a city free from the suffocating traffic of recent years, a capital where mobility becomes a right accessible to all,\u201d the PM said.<\/p>\n\n irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n (Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Drilling has officially begun on the future M6 subway line connecting Bucharest to Henri Coand\u0103 International Airport (also known as Otopeni Airport), transport minister Sorin Grindeanu announced Wednesday, April 9, during a site visit to the Tokyo station construction site. The first tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been installed at B\u0103neasa to begin excavation for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}