New Bucharest metro line to open in 2018

Bucharest metro operator Metrorex has completed the excavations at the future metro line 5 connecting the Drumul Taberei residential area to the center of the city. Trains will be able to run to on this new line from the second half of 2018, said Marian Aldea, Metrorex general director. “We are marking an important milestone of this project, finishing the excavations, removing the shield, finishing the last tunnel,” said Aldea. The subway line has seven kilometers, ten stations and a depot. The infrastructure work will be completed by the end of this year, and the finishes will be done in the first half of 2018, Aldea added. Metrorex will use trains from the old fleet on the metro line 5. The company also plans to acquire 13 new trains, but this could take a year and a half or even two years. editor@romania-insider.com