Bucharest North – Henri Coandă Airport (Otopeni) rail link
Rail link connecting Bucharest's main station, Gara de Nord, with Henri Coandă International Airport at Otopeni, opened in December 2020. The roughly 3 km new connection, including a 1.5 km viaduct over the DN1 national road, ends at a station in front of the airport's Arrivals terminal. Trains operated by CFR Călători and Transferoviar Călători run 24 hours a day, roughly every 40 minutes, with a journey time of about 20–25 minutes.
- Total length
- 3 km
- Open today
- 3 km
- Sections
- 1
- Cost on record
- €116.863M
- 1 of 1 sections carry a comparable figure
Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Gara de Nord – Henri Coandă Airport Gara de Nord–Henri Coandă Airport link: ~3 km incl. a 1.5 km viaduct over DN1; builder Arcada Company, designers ISPCF and DB Engineering & Consulting | Opened | 3 km |
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| 2 mo design · 12 mo execution · 74 mo total · 60 mo guarantee · Contract value lei 398.16M |
Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union3 km1 section
- EU funds (Large Infrastructure Operational Programme)
- National budget3 km1 section
A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.
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Sources
- Romania Insider: A short guide to Bucharest's new train connection to the airport
- Railway News: Rail Link to Romania's Busiest Airport Completed
- hotnews.ro
- zf.ro
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)read Aug 14, 2026
- TED 306830-2019: Contract award notice, Bucureşti Nord – Aeroport Internaţional Henri Coandă, Faza Iread Sep 25, 2026
- TED 408577-2025: Anunț de atribuire, Modernizarea liniei de cale ferată Bucureşti Nord – Aeroport Internaţional Henri Coandă, Faza Iread Sep 25, 2026