Caransebeș – Timișoara – Arad railway modernisation

Design and works contract signed on 18 December 2023, with the start order for design and works dated 15 January 2024 (recorded as construction start). Contract deadline 15 July 2027. Six stations (Caransebeș, Zăgujeni, Căvăran, Jena, Găvojdia, Tapia), 12 bridges, ERTMS (ETCS Level 2 and GSM-R). Status in CFR's December 2025 presentation: contract in progress.

Design and works contract signed on 28 November 2022, with the start order for design and works dated 28 December 2022 (recorded as construction start). The December 2025 presentation gave June 2026 as the works deadline. Traffic was suspended from 2 June to 31 August 2026 and reopened on 31 August 2026 at 16:50 on about 51 km of newly modernised and electrified track, plus about 3 km on the old alignment near km 524+013 and about 3 km of lot 3 at Timișoara Est. CFR states that the works needed to complete the lot continue, so the lot stays under construction. Neither the release nor the presentation gives where the old-alignment stretch lies beyond the chainage, so the lot is not split. 160 km/h for passenger and 120 km/h for freight trains are the design speeds at completion. Seven stations, 14 bridges and 1 overpass, ERTMS (ETCS Level 2 and GSM-R). Drawn geometry measures about 52.7 km.

Design and works contract signed on 4 November 2022, with the start order for design and works dated 5 December 2022 (recorded as construction start). The December 2025 presentation gave June 2026 as the works deadline and the contract as in progress. Five stations (Timișoara Est, Nord, Centru, P.M. Ronaț Triaj, Ronaț Triaj Gr. D), a new passenger building with annexes, 3 bridges, 4 overpasses, 5 underpasses and 15 level crossings. Drawn geometry measures about 12.6 km.

Design and works contract signed on 17 November 2022, with the start order for design and works dated 16 December 2022 (recorded as construction start). The December 2025 presentation gave June 2026 as the works deadline and the contract as in progress. The 54.86 km covers Ronaț Triaj Gr. D – Arad and the Aradu Nou – Glogovăț link, with stations at Sânandrei, Băile Călacea, Orțișoara, Vinga, Șag, P.M. Valea Viilor, Aradu Nou and Glogovăț, 6 bridges, 5 overpasses, 11 underpasses and 7 level crossings. The drawn geometry (about 55.7 km, both parts) is trimmed by about 2.4 km where it meets the line of the Curtici – Simeria project, at Arad station and at Glogovăț, so that nothing is drawn twice; the recorded length is not split between the two projects.