{"id":8535,"date":"2026-01-22T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8535"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:00:59","slug":"romania-reportedly-plans-800-km-high-speed-railway-valued-at-eur-15-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8535","title":{"rendered":"Romania reportedly plans 800 km high-speed railway valued at EUR 15 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania is preparing a high-speed railway of almost 800 kilometers, which will cost an estimated EUR 15 billion, according to the feasibility study recently completed and analyzed by Profit.ro<\/a>.The corridor will stretch from the Black Sea to the western border, from Constan\u021ba to Oradea, and involves a combination of modernizing existing lines for speeds of 200 km\/h and constructing new double lines that will allow speeds of 250 km\/h.<\/p>\n

The project is based on a feasibility study commissioned by the Romanian state from Canadian company Atkins Realis, one of the companies that signed the engineering, procurement, and construction management contract for units 3 and 4 of the Cernavod\u0103 nuclear power plant. The feasibility study was completed in December 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The study highlights a high-speed rail corridor along the route Constan\u021ba – Bucharest – Bra\u0219ov – Sighi\u0219oara (V\u00e2n\u0103tori) – T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219 – Cluj-Napoca – Zal\u0103u – Oradea – the border with Hungary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the study results, mountain crossings, such as C\u00e2mpina-Predeal-Bra\u0219ov, can use common high-speed (HSR) and conventional routes, such as the Predeal tunnel, an ongoing investment with technical-economic documentation under approval.<\/p>\n

The project targets the development of a high-speed rail corridor with a total length of 781.9 km, through a combination of new lines and modernization of existing lines, with total capital expenditures estimated at EUR 14.93 billion and an average cost of approximately EUR 19 million\/km.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A phased implementation of the project was proposed. Phase 1 envisages a new double-track line, with a maximum speed of 250 km\/h between Bucharest and C\u00e2mpina, with a possibility of expanding it to Bra\u0219ov. This section is anticipated to represent the first segment of the high-speed corridor.<\/p>\n

Phase 2 of the project targets the Bra\u0219ov – Cluj-Napoca route via T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, Phase 3 the Cluj-Napoca – Oradea via Zal\u0103u segment, and Phase 4 the Bucharest – Constan\u021ba segment.<\/p>\n

Funds from the European Union, the national budget, and those obtained through public-private partnerships are being considered for the railway project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The construction of a high-speed railway line to Hungary has been planned since 2007. Romania and Hungary have recently revisited the idea so as to connect Bucharest to the rest of Europe\u2019s high-speed rail network.<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source:\u00a0Mariusika11<\/a>\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romania is preparing a high-speed railway of almost 800 kilometers, which will cost an estimated EUR 15 billion, according to the feasibility study recently completed and analyzed by Profit.ro.The corridor will stretch from the Black Sea to the western border, from Constan\u021ba to Oradea, and involves a combination of modernizing existing lines for speeds of […]<\/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-8535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535","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=8535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}