PESA with further orders for Romanian Railways!

The Romanian Railway Reform Agency (ARF – the governmental institution in Romania that centrally buys rolling stock and also organises and finances passenger services in Romania under PSO contracts) has awarded a tender for the purchase of 62 electric multiple units for regional railways (RE-R) for 3 regions: Bucharest, Cluj, Iasi.
The budget for this tender is approximately PLN 3million. PESA’s offer was made for the delivery of the vehicles as well as for the maintenance service of all vehicles for a period of 15 years with the possibility of extending the maintenance contract for another 15 years, including the construction of 3 modern maintenance centres for all 62 multiple units on 3 railway properties.

– “The order of modern electric multiple units for the Romanian Railways is an important step in the implementation of the PESA 2030+ Strategy in the context of foreign expansion. This is another Tricity country to which we will deliver our most technologically advanced vehicles and set up local maintenance centres. Increasing PESA’s presence in the region is also one of the elements of preparation for offering HS class vehicles for the lines implemented as part of the Via Baltica,” emphasises Krzysztof Zdziarski, CEO of PESA

Romania’s ARF had already announced the selection of PESA’s bid in the second tender – for the purchase of 29 INTER-REGIO (RE-IR) EMUs (electric multiple units) for the Bucharest region.
The budget for this tender is approximately PLN 1.2 billion. The offer includes the supply of vehicles with maintenance service for a period of 15 years with the possibility of extending the maintenance contract for another 15 years. In this tender, PESA competed with the French company Alstom, which filed an appeal after the announcement of the Bydgoszcz manufacturer’s victory. The procedure for considering this appeal is ongoing and a final decision on the matter should be made later this year.

PESA is actively participating and will participate in further tenders organised by Romanian cities for the purchase of trams for Oradea, Bucharest, Ploesti, Iasi, Bucharest, Galati. The above-mentioned projects are part of PESA’s development strategy for 2030+ both in the area of tram and electric train production.

PESA’s presence in Romania has been developed since 2012. In May 2023, the manufacturer completed the delivery of 17 trams for the city of Craiova, having previously delivered 16 trams for the city of Iasi. The project completed in 2021 and delivered without any delays or even ahead of schedule. In 2012, PESA delivered 4 trams to Cluj purchased from the Cluj city budget.