BUCHAREST (Romania), December 9 (SeeNews) – Romanian railway operator CFR said on Monday it has signed a 11.3 million lei ($2.6 million/2.3 million euro) contract with local company Consis Proiect for the feasibility study of a project for an upgrade of the Bucharest North train station.
The contract will be financed by non-reimbursable funds under the 2014-2020 Large Infrastructure Operational Programme, CFR said in a press release.
The feasibility study will look into the plan for transformation of the train station into a European railway hub and a public multimodal center.
The Bucharest North railway station was opened in 1872 and spreads on 100,000 square meters.
After the completion, delivery and approval of the feasibility study, the company will launch a tender for the drafting of the technical project and the execution of the modernization works.
Consis Proiect is a consultancy company created in 1995 in Romania. In 2007, Spanish company Prointec bought a 60% stake in Consis Proiect.
(1 euro = 4.7777 Romanian lei)