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Japan To Lend EUR315M To Romania For Bucharest Train Station-Airport Subway Line Project

The Japanese Government will grant a loan of JPY41.87 billion (nearly EUR315 million) to Romania for the construction of a subway line reaching the international airport in Otopeni, outside capital city Bucharest, Romania’s Transport Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan To Lend EUR315M To Romania For Bucharest Train Station-Airport Subway Line Project
13 ian. 2010, 17:13, English

Transport Minister Radu Berceanu on Wednesday met with Japan’s Ambassador to Bucharest, Natsuo Amemiya, who told Berceanu the Japanese Government decided to grant Romania a Japanese ODA (Overseas Development Aid) Loan to help extend Bucharest’s subway network towards Otopeni.

According to the technical project, the subway line, meant to connect the city’s main train station to the international airport, should be completed in seven years and will be nearly 16 kilometers long, will have 19 stops, one depot and will cost a total EUR1.05 billion to make and equip. The new subway line should carry 50,000 passengers per hour.