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Romania
as of Oct 2026
- Total open
- 2,006 km#3 / 22
- Under construction
- 1,266 km#1 / 19
- Planned
- 1,213 km
- Projects
- 44
24 km of this network is track that two lines both list. It is counted once in the totals above, and in full under each line that runs through it, which is how the operators publish it.
km per 1,000 km²: 8.4#10 / 22km per million people: 105.4#10 / 22
Measured against 238,391 km² and 19,041,322 inhabitants (Jan 2026).
By category
Highways
1,463 km#3 / 21
building 577 km
planned 965 km
101 sections
Railways
522 km#2 / 16
building 687 km
planned 248 km
50 sections
Bridges
15 km#2 / 5
building 1 km
10 sections
Tunnels
5 km#1 / 5
3 sections
Network growth
Busiest decade: the 2010s, with 978 km opened.
| km | Highways | Railways | Bridges | Tunnels | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 4 km | 0 km | 0 km | 4 km | 0 km |
| 1900s | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 1910s | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 1920s | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 1930s | 4 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 4 km |
| 1940s | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 1950s | 2 km | 0 km | 0 km | 2 km | 0 km |
| 1960s | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 1970s | 105 km | 96 km | 9 km | 0 km | 0.9 km |
| 1980s | 69 km | 17 km | 49 km | 3 km | 0 km |
| 1990s | 1 km | 0 km | 1 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 2000s | 185 km | 177 km | 8 km | 0 km | 0.1 km |
| 2010s | 978 km | 554 km | 419 km | 4 km | 0 km |
| 2020s | 657 km | 619 km | 36 km | 2 km | 0 km |
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Mapped sections
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Delivery record
Cost and schedule outcomes for this country's sections, measured exactly as on the performance page.
- Median slip
- +15 mon=81
- On time
- 13%
- Median overrun
- +22.9%n=2
- Sections
- 164
Furthest behind schedule
- Bucharest Metro Line M5 (Drumul Taberei) / Phase I: Râul Doamnei – Eroilor (with the Valea Ialomiței branch)+89 mo
- Frontieră – Curtici – Simeria railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV) / Section 2: km 614 – Bârzava Nouă and Vărădia – Gurasada+89 mo
- Frontieră – Curtici – Simeria railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV) / Section 3: Gurasada – Simeria (except the Ilia – Mintia new alignment)+70 mo
- A10 motorway (Sebeș–Turda) / Lot 2: Alba Iulia North – Aiud+64 mo
- A10 motorway (Sebeș–Turda) / Lot 1: Sebeș (A1) – Alba Iulia North+54 mo
Delivered on time or early
- A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Bacău bypass−9 mo
- A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Buzău – Râmnicu Sărat−5 mo
- A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Râmnicu Sărat – Mândrești-Munteni−4 mo
- A1 Bucharest–Nădlac Motorway / Boița – Sibiu (lot 1)−3 mo
- Anghel Saligny Bridge (King Carol I Bridge) / Bridge complex over the Danube, Balta Ialomiței island and the Borcea branch−1 mo
Largest cost overruns
At or under budget
No section here came in at or under its estimate.
Openings timeline
Past openings
- Aug 31, 2026A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Adjud – Bacău Sud46 km
- Aug 11, 2026A3 Transylvania Motorway (Brașov–Cluj–Borș) / Zimbor – Poarta Sălajului12 km
- Dec 13, 2025A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Domnești-Târg – Adjud16 km
- Dec 2025A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Focșani – Domnești-Târg (Focșani–Bacău lot 1)36 km
- Nov 27, 2025A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Stâlpu – Buzău (Ploiești–Buzău lot 3)14 km
- Nov 11, 2025Frontieră – Curtici – Simeria railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV) / Section 3: Ilia – Mintia new alignment6 km
- Oct 17, 2025A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Mizil – Stâlpu (Ploiești–Buzău lot 2)28 km
- Jul 31, 2025Craiova–Pitești Expressway (DEx12) / Albota – Pitești11 km
- Jul 17, 2025Frontieră – Curtici – Simeria railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV) / Section 2b: Bârzava Nouă – Bata – Vărădia new alignment18 km
- Jul 17, 2025Romanian railway tunnels / Bata tunnel (Bârzava – Vărădia, Curtici – Simeria line)0.6 km
Scheduled openings
- 2026A0 Bucharest Ring Motorway / North half-ring: DN1 – A1 (via Buftea)18 km
- 2026A1 Bucharest–Nădlac Motorway / Tigveni – Curtea de Argeș (section 4)10 km
- 2026A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Bacău – Roman (Bacău–Pașcani lot 1)30 km
- 2026A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway) / Roman – Săbăoani (Bacău–Pașcani lot 2)19 km
- 2026DEx6 Danube Expressway (Brăila – Galați) / Brăila – Galați (Smârdan)12 km
- Oct 2026A0 Bucharest Ring Motorway / North half-ring: A2 – DN214 km
- Oct 2026Romanian railway tunnels / Ormeniș tunnel (Apața – Racoș, Brașov–Sighișoara line)7 km
- Oct 2026Romanian railway tunnels / Homorod tunnel (Racoș – Homorod, Brașov–Sighișoara line)5 km
- Nov 2026Frontieră – Curtici – Simeria railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV) / Section 3: Gurasada – Simeria (except the Ilia – Mintia new alignment)35 km
- Dec 2026A3 Transylvania Motorway (Brașov–Cluj–Borș) / Chiribiș – Suplacu de Barcău26 km
Projects in Romania
44 projects
- Highways · Romania
A0 Bucharest Ring Motorway
OpenedUnder construction102 km - Highways · Romania
A1 Bucharest–Nădlac Motorway
OpenedUnder construction568 km - Highways · Romania
A10 motorway (Sebeș–Turda)
Opened70 km - Highways · Romania
A11 Arad–Oradea Motorway
OpenedTendered136 km - Highways · Romania
A13 Motorway (Carpathian Motorway)
Under constructionPlanned280 km - Highways · Romania
A2 Bucharest–Constanța Motorway
Opened210 km - Highways · Romania
A3 Bucharest–Brașov Motorway
OpenedTendered120 km - Highways · Romania
A3 Transylvania Motorway (Brașov–Cluj–Borș)
OpenedUnder constructionTendered271 km - Highways · Romania
A4 motorway (Constanța bypass)
Opened21 km - Highways · Romania
A6 Lugoj–Calafat Motorway
OpenedPlanned260 km - Highways · Romania
A7 Motorway (Moldavia Motorway)
OpenedUnder constructionTendered454 km - Highways · Romania
A8 Târgu Mureș–Iași–Ungheni Motorway (Unirii)
Under constructionTendered300 km - Bridges · Romania
Agigea bridges over the Danube–Black Sea Canal
Opened0.6 km - Bridges · Romania
Anghel Saligny Bridge (King Carol I Bridge)
Opened4 km - Bridges · Romania
Basarab Overpass, Bucharest
Opened2 km - Bridges · Romania
Brăila Bridge
Opened2 km - Railways · Romania
Brașov – Sighișoara railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV)
Under construction113 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest – Constanța railway (CFR Line 800) upgrade
Opened225 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest Metro Line M1 (Dristor 2 – Pantelimon)
Opened32 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest Metro Line M2 (Pipera – Tudor Arghezi)
OpenedPlanned23 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest Metro Line M3 (Preciziei – Anghel Saligny)
Opened22 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest Metro Line M4 (Gara de Nord 2 – Străulești)
OpenedTendered19 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest Metro Line M5 (Drumul Taberei)
OpenedPlanned16 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest Metro Line M6 (Gara de Nord – Otopeni Airport)
OpenedUnder construction18 km - Railways · Romania
Bucharest North – Henri Coandă Airport (Otopeni) rail link
Opened3 km - Railways · Romania
București – Jilava – Giurgiu Nord – Giurgiu Nord Frontieră railway modernisation
Under construction64 km - Railways · Romania
Caransebeș – Timișoara – Arad railway modernisation
Under construction162 km - Railways · Romania
CFR Line 300 rehabilitation, Rhine–Danube Corridor (Câmpina–Predeal and Coșlariu–Sighișoara)
Opened148 km - Railways · Romania
Cluj-Napoca – Oradea – Episcopia Bihor railway rehabilitation
Under construction166 km - Railways · Romania
Cluj-Napoca Metro Line M1 (Florești – Cluj-Napoca)
Under construction21 km - Railways · Romania
Craiova – Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Caransebeș railway rehabilitation
Tendered225 km - Highways · Romania
Craiova–Pitești Expressway (DEx12)
Opened118 km - Railways · Romania
Dărmănești – Vicșani – border railway electrification
Under construction30 km - Highways · Romania
DEx16 Oradea Bypass Expressway
Opened12 km - Highways · Romania
DEx6 Danube Expressway (Brăila – Galați)
Under construction12 km - Bridges · Romania
Fetești–Cernavodă bridges (A2 / CFR line 800)
Opened3 km - Highways · Romania
Focșani – Brăila Expressway
Tendered74 km - Railways · Romania
Frontieră – Curtici – Simeria railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV)
OpenedUnder construction182 km - Bridges · Romania
Giurgiu–Ruse Friendship Bridge (Danube Bridge)
Opened2 km - Bridges · Romania
New Europe Bridge (Vidin–Calafat)
Opened2 km - Highways · Romania
Oar – Satu Mare Expressway (Someș Expres)
Tendered11 km - Tunnels · Romania
Romanian railway tunnels
OpenedUnder constructionTendered20 km - Tunnels · Romania
Romanian road tunnels
OpenedTenderedUnder construction11 km - Bridges · Romania
Ungheni road bridges over the Prut
Under construction1 km
Sources
- CIA World Factbook 2025 (final edition), Romania, Geography: Area (total 238,391 sq km), via factbook.json
- Eurostat: Population change, demographic balance and crude rates at national level [demo_gind], population on 1 January
Sources for area and population only. Every project cites its own sources on its page.