Pesa with winning the first railway tender in Romania and the chance of contracts for nearly PLN 4 billion.

PESA has competed in Romania in two tenders. The first is for the purchase of 20 EMU Inter-Regio /REIR/ vehicles with 15 years of maintenance with options for an additional nine units and a further 15 years of maintenance.

The second tender is for the delivery in three tranches of 62 EMU Regio /RE-R/ vehicles with 15 years of maintenance and an option for a further 15 years of maintenance. Pesa, Siemens and Alstom were interested in the tender, with Pesa and Alstom ultimately submitting bids. In both procedures, Pesa’s offer proved to be the best, and on Thursday, 14 September, The Tender Committee officially announced the outcome of the procedure for the supply of Inter-Regio vehicles.

The vehicles offered by Pesa 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, which will be powered by AC 25kV catenary and equipped with the Romanian system PZB 90 safety system.