Alstom has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide train control and electrification infrastructure for the Rhine to Danube corridor in Romania.

Alstom‘s share of the contract amounts to more than €120 million.

The contract was signed by CFR SA, the Romanian state rail carrier, and the Asocierea RailWorks consortium which Alstom is leading.

It is expected that the project will last around four years.

The work will take place on the Sighisoara-Brasov, part of the Rhine-Danube Corridor. The corridor links Nuremberg-Prague-Vienna-Budapest-Curtici-Simeria-Brasov-Bucharest-Constanta.

The contract covers the modernisation of approximately 170 kilometres of railway infrastructure for passenger trains.

What did the officials say?

Gabriel Stanciu, Alstom Managing Director for Romania, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova said:

“This contract reaffirms Alstom’s leading position on the Romanian railway market, for both digital train control and electrification. After installing the first modern traffic management system in Romania, we are now ready to extend such high-level performance to the new sections. This project will be another strong reference for Alstom. Bucharest has become a strategic hub for Alstom’s train control expertise, not just for local projects, but also the rest of central and eastern Europe,”

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