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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
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Sections

Sections of Bucharest North – Henri Coandă Airport (Otopeni) rail link: status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
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

Opened3 km
  1. Sep 2, 2019Construction start
  2. Dec 2020Opened
  • European UnionEU funds (Large Infrastructure Operational Programme)
  • National budget
  • Arcada CompanyBuilder
  • ISPCFDesigner
  • DB Engineering & ConsultingDesigner
12 mo execution

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

Funding

  • European Union3 km
    1 section
    • EU funds (Large Infrastructure Operational Programme)
  • National budget3 km
    1 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

  1. Romania Insider: A short guide to Bucharest's new train connection to the airport
  2. Railway News: Rail Link to Romania's Busiest Airport Completed
  3. hotnews.ro
  4. zf.ro
  5. OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry, ODbL)read Aug 14, 2026