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Bucharest Metro Line M3 (Preciziei – Anghel Saligny)

The east to west line of the Bucharest Metro, made of two branches that own no track between them. The western branch from Eroilor to Industriilor, now Preciziei, opened on 19 August 1983 as a branch of M1; the eastern branch from Nicolae Grigorescu to Anghel Saligny was started in 1988, abandoned in 1996 with the tunnels flooded, restarted in 2004 and opened in November 2008. The two ran as separate shuttles until 4 July 2009, when they were joined over the M1 tracks between Eroilor and Nicolae Grigorescu. Metrorex therefore gives the line as 13.53 km plus 8.67 km shared with M1.

Total length
22 km
Open today
22 km
Sections
3
Cost on record
€204.298M
1 of 3 sections carry a comparable figure

Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.

Includes 9 km whose works another project already measures, either as shared track or as a structure inside one of its sections. Counted in full here, and once in any total that spans projects.

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Sections

Sections of Bucharest Metro Line M3 (Preciziei – Anghel Saligny): status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
Western branch: Eroilor – Industriilor (Preciziei)

8.63 km and 4 stations west from Eroilor to the Industriilor works and depot, planned in 1974 as a branch of the first line and opened on 19 August 1983. Gorjului was added later, its westbound platform in August 1994 and its eastbound platform in 1998. Industriilor and Armata Poporului were renamed Preciziei and Lujerului in 2009. Built by Întreprinderea Metroul București (now Metroul SA), which Metrorex names as builder of the whole network.

18
Opened9 km
  1. Aug 19, 1983Opened
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  • Întreprinderea Metroul București (now Metroul SA)Builder
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Eroilor – Nicolae Grigorescu (shared with M1)
Shared track Shared with Bucharest Metro Line M1 (Dristor 2 – Pantelimon)

M3 trains use the M1 tracks over the 8.67 km and 7 stations between Eroilor and Nicolae Grigorescu, which opened in 1979 and 1981 as part of M1. Through running started on 4 July 2009 and joined the line's two shuttles; Metrorex lists the section separately as 8.67 km (M1)

3
Opened9 km
  1. Jul 4, 2009Opened
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Eastern branch: Nicolae Grigorescu 2 – Anghel Saligny

4.75 km and 4 stations east to Linia de Centură, renamed Anghel Saligny in 2009. Works began in 1988, stopped in 1996 with the tunnels flooded and resumed in 2004; the section opened as a shuttle. Ziarul Financiar reported the investment at €145 million, with no price year stated, recorded here at 2008 prices. The Romanian article dates the opening 19 November 2008 and the English article and UrbanRail 20 November

1267
Opened5 km
  1. 1988Construction start
  2. Nov 20, 2008Opened
  • Actual €145M(2008)
  • LoanCredit of €135 million signed in March 2000, per Metrorex director Gheorghe Udriște, towards a €270 million project to safeguard the unfinished structures on Nicolae Grigorescu – Anghel Saligny and 1 Mai – Laromet and to modernise the rolling stock. The lender is not named for this credit.
  • Metroul SA (design of station public and technical spaces)Designer
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This section runs on track another line already owns. It counts in this line's length and is left out of every total that spans projects, so the kilometres are counted once.

Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.

Funding

  • Loan5 km
    1 section
    • Credit of €135 million signed in March 2000, per Metrorex director Gheorghe Udriște, towards a €270 million project to safeguard the unfinished structures on Nicolae Grigorescu – Anghel Saligny and 1 Mai – Laromet and to modernise the rolling stock. The lender is not named for this credit.

A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.

Related projects

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Metroul din București
  2. Wikipedia: Bucharest Metro Line M3
  3. Wikipedia: Bucharest Metro (line lengths, Metrorex activity report 2018)
  4. UrbanRail.Net: Bucharest Metro
  5. OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)
  6. Ziarul Financiar: Inconstanta la metrou: 1 km costa si 50 mil. euro (2009-07-29)read Sep 25, 2026
  7. Metroul SA: Magistrala 3 – Tronson Nicolae Grigorescu – Anghel Salignyread Sep 25, 2026
  8. Metrorex: Istoric Metrorex (archived)read Sep 28, 2026 · archived copy