Students from the University of Transylvania visit the railway project executed by FCC Construcción in Romania
Last October, a group of 20 fourth-year Construction Engineering students from the Transylvania University of Brasov (Romania), visited the railway project, which FCC Construcción currently runs in Romania.
During the visit, the following unique project structures were toured:
- Kilometer 480 + 521, the overpass of Deva
- Kilometer 494 + 913, bridge two over the river Mures
- Kilometer 497 + 140, the three bridge over the river Mures
The section 3 that FCC Construcción executes, has a length of 40.5 kilometers of double railway track. This section has an extension of six kilometers along with the execution of a secondary railway branch of three kilometers in length.
FCC Construcción and the new railway lines in Romania
The new projects, financed by funds from the European Commission, are part of the railway rehabilitation and modernization project in the European Transport Pan IV Corridor that crosses Romania. The sections include section 2: Km 614-Gurasada, consisting of sub-section 2a: Km 614-Cap Y Bârzava and sub-section 2b: Cap Y Bârzava-Cap Y Ilteu, as well as section 3: Gurasada-Simeria.
The set of the three works consists of the execution and modernization of 121.62 kilometers of railway track; 47 bridges; eight overpasses and seven underpasses; a tunnel of 659 meters in length; 19 stations and five outlets, as well as electrification work and the implementation of the ERTMS system (European Rail Traffic Management System).
PanEuropean IV Corridor
Considering the need to increase the speed of rail transport in the continent, the European Union is supporting the improvement of railway infrastructure, financing, through the Community financing programs, the rehabilitation of the PanEuropeo Corridor IV railroad that connects Dresden with Istanbul.
Crossing several countries, Corridor IV crosses the territory of Romania from the border with Hungary (Curtici) to the Black Sea (Constanta). Within this framework, the Romanian Railways Company (CN “CFR” S.A.) carries out a series of railway infrastructure modernization projects.