Contract for the supply of vehicles to Romanian Railways

The contract signed today in Bucharest is the final of one of the two long-running tenders for the purchase of electric vehicles for Romanian Railways, in which PESA has submitted its bids, which have been ongoing since the beginning of the year. The tenders were conducted by the Romanian Railway Reform Agency /ARF/, and the first contract just signed is for the purchase of 20 Inter-Regio class electric multiple units /REIR/ with 15 years of maintenance with options for an additional nine units and a further 15 years of maintenance, financed by the Romanian KPO fund.
The signing ceremony, held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania, was attended by: Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Sorin-Mihai Grindeanu, ARF President Stefan Adrian Roseanu and representatives of the Polish Embassy in Bucharest.

– “Romania still has a lot of work to do when it comes to renewing its rolling stock. The Pesa vehicles will be the first modern trainsets for Romanian Railways in more than 20 years. What is equally important for us – these are the last contracts we have to sign within the railway package of the National Reconstruction Plan, the funds for all tasks are already contracted.” – emphasised Sorin-Mihai Grindeanu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania.

– “The purchase of modern rolling stock using funds from Romania’s National Reconstruction Programme is another important step in the modernisation of rail passenger transport in our country. ARF, as a government agency, is working hard to secure additional sources of funding for further investments in this safe and environmentally friendly mode of transport.” – added Stefan Adrian Roseanu, President of ARF

– “The vehicles we will supply to Romanian Railways will be a development of the electric multiple units of the Pesa 654/655 family, which are being produced for the private Czech carrier RegioJet, and which are receiving good reviews in the Czech Republic. For us, this is another important step in building the company’s position as a supplier of modern, comfortable ‘Intercity’ class vehicles. We want to supply them, also in HS version, to hauliers who will operate connections within Via Baltica and further south in Europe, in the whole Tri-City region,” emphasises Krzysztof Zdziarski, CEO of PESA Bydgoszcz.

The Inter-Regio vehicles that PESA will produce for Romanian Railways are 3-unit electric multiple units built on separate bogies, developing speeds of up to 160 km/h, with 192 seats in 1st and 2nd class, allowing barrier-free operation of 550 mm platforms, powered by AC 25kV catenary and equipped with the Romanian PZB 90 safety system.
As part of the contract, PESA will also provide the ARF with vehicle maintenance services for 15 years and to this end PESA will set up local service centres together with the state-owned CFR Calatori Railways. In this regard, PESA has already signed preliminary agreements with State Railways CFR Calatori and CFR SA.
To date, Pesa has supplied trams to the Romanian market between 2012 and 2023. A total of 37 of them are already running, in Cluj, Iasi and Craiova. As part of the Pesa 2030+ strategy, the company is consistently developing its presence in foreign markets. It is currently producing trams for Tallinn and vehicles for CD and Regio Jet in the Czech Republic and railways in Ghana, with exports accounting for more than half of Pesa’s production in recent years.