{"id":459978,"date":"2026-06-22T19:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=71995"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:27:01","slug":"contract-assigned-for-feasibility-study-for-romania-bulgaria-future-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=459978","title":{"rendered":"Contract assigned for feasibility study for Romania-Bulgaria future bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The construction of a new rail-road bridge across the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria entered its next phase after Egis Rom\u00e2nia was selected to carry out a feasibility study. The bridge will connect Giurgiu to Ruse and is part of a larger initiative to create an electrified rail link between Bucharest and the Bulgarian network.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Egis\u2019 winning offer was set at 50.04 million RON (9.55 million euros), according to the Director General of CNAIR (Romania\u2019s national road infrastructure company) Cristian Pistol. The company will have 23 months after signing the contract to complete the study. The signature is expected this or next week, provided that no objections are presented.<\/p>\n

The feasibility study is partly funded by the Connecting Europe Facility 2, which allocated 6.9 million euros for it in 2024. This will be the second bridge connecting Giurgiu and Ruse, with the first one currently being renovated. The Giurgiu-Ruse II bridge will thus create redundancy for rail freight across the Danube, with costs for freight operators expected to significantly drop.<\/p>\n