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Updated information on traffic restrictions at Fântâna Miorița, Gara Băneasa, on Șoseaua București – Ploiești

Posted on June 30, 2025 - 10:55 am by

For execution activities in the framework of the contract “Bucharest International Airport Rail Access Link Project (Metro Line 6. 1 Mai-Otopeni). Design and Build – Civil Works for Lot 1.1: 1Mai-Tokyo”, METROREX announces changes in traffic restrictions in the area of Fântâna Miorița, Gara Băneasa, Șoseaua București – Ploiești, on the alignment of the future M6 Metro Line, SOUTH Section.

The restrictions implementation will be made on the night of June 30 – July 1, 2025.

According to the renewed Traffic Opinion, based on the Traffic Plan approved as part of the works for the M6 Metro Line, SOUTH Section, until 17.07.2025 there will be changes in the traffic flow in the above mentioned area, for site activities required by a new stage of works for the future metro station “Gara Băneasa”. As a consequence, the work will be carried out by occupying one traffic lane in each direction (lane III in both directions).

Road traffic will follow two lanes properly marked and signalized on the Șoseaua București – Ploiești, in the area of Fântâna Miorița.

Traffic to and from Tipografilor Street will flow on one lane.

Metrorex thanks all traffic participants on the above-mentioned route for their understanding, as well as residents and companies operating in the vicinity of the work area.

M6 Metro Line will provide a direct connection between Gara de Nord to Otopeni International Airport. It will have a route of 14,2 km and will include 12 metro stations: Pajura, Expoziției, Piața Montreal, Gara Băneasa, Aeroport Băneasa, Tokyo, Washington, Paris, Bruxelles, Otopeni, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Aeroport Otopeni.

Bucharest International Airport Rail Access Link Project (Metro Line 6. 1 Mai – Otopeni) is a project of public utility, of national interest, according to Government Decision no. 496/2017, with subsequent amendments and additions, which ensures the mobility needs of people through the development of the Trans-European Transport Network.

Information on traffic restrictions in Otopeni

Posted on June 25, 2025 - 11:29 am by

In order to execute the preparatory works for the future Otopeni metro station, within “Bucharest International Airport Rail Access Link Project (Metro Line 6. 1 Mai – Otopeni)” the following traffic restrictions have been established in Otopeni:

– The DN1 road towards Bucharest, between km 13+493 and km 14+345, has been restricted to 2 lanes.

– The public transport station for lines 441, 442, 443, 446, 447, 448, 100 and Blue Line, towards Bucharest, has been relocated 50 meters in Bucharest direction.

– The 23 August Street connection with DN 1 road has been closed, affecting the routes of lines 403 and Blue Line.

The restrictions have been implemented according to the Opinion issued by the National Road Infrastructure Management Company (C.N.A.I.R.) and the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police – Road Directorate and comply with the provisions of the MI-MT Order no. 1112/2000 on the establishment of traffic restrictions.

The temporary road signalization related to the restrictions has been implemented according to the plan approved by the above-mentioned authorities.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

M6 Metro Line will provide a direct connection between Gara de Nord to Otopeni International Airport. It will have a route of 14,2 km and will include 12 metro stations: Pajura, Expoziției, Piața Montreal, Gara Băneasa, Aeroport Băneasa, Tokyo, Washington, Paris, Bruxelles, Otopeni, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Aeroport Otopeni.

M6 Metro Line is a project for Romania!

Effective Dialogue within the Romania – Japan Strategic Partnership

Posted on June 24, 2025 - 11:50 am by

On 23.06.2025, at the Parliament Palace, the strategic document of cooperation in the field of Transport, Energy and Digitalization was signed, between the Government of Japan, represented by His Excellency Mr. Akiyoshi KATO – Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and the Government of Romania, represented by Mrs. Mariana IONIȚĂ – Secretary General at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.

During the signing ceremony of the strategic document, which took place at the Palace of the Parliament, the parties involved presented their own strategies in the field of Transport, Energy and Digitalization, the projects currently being implemented, as well as future strategic projects that will lead to sustainable development in the above-mentioned strategic areas.

The General Director of Metrorex, Mariana Miclăuș, took part in the dialog on the occasion of this event together with H.E. Takashi KATAE – Ambassador of Japan in Romania.

After the signing ceremony of the strategic document on cooperation in the field of Transport, Energy and Digitalization, the Japanese delegation made a series of thematic working visits, including to the future M6 Metro Line, financed from the Romanian state budget, through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and reimbursable external funds, through the National Recovery and Resilience Program (PNRR) and the ROM-P5 Loan Agreement granted by JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency).

Japanese officials, members of the Japanese Parliament and representatives of some Japanese companies in the region visited the future metro stations Aeroport Băneasa, SOUTH section and Aeroport Otopeni, NORTH section of the future M6 Metro Line. The visit was hosted by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, by the General Director of Metrorex, Mrs. Mariana Miclăuș, by representatives of the contractors involved in the realization of the two sections of the project: Lot 1.1, ALSIM ALARKO – MAKYOL Joint Venture (SOUTH Section, 1 Mai -Tokyo), and Lot 1.2, GULERMAK – SOMET Joint Venture (NORTH Section, Tokyo-Aeroport Otopeni), as well as the project’s Supervisor, PADECO Co., Ltd. – ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS GLOBAL Co., Ltd. – METROUL S.A. Joint venture.

The airports are open gates to the world, so both objectives visited are representative for the local, regional and international character of the future M6 Metro Line, but also for the strategic partnership between Romania and Japan.

Locally, the future M6 Metro Line will increase the mobility of the population of the Bucharest metropolitan area and the city of Otopeni, regionally it integrates regional air, rail and road transport flows, being the first direct rapid link between Gara de Nord and Otopeni Airport, and internationally it represents a main intermodal connection hub in the trans-European transport network designed to meet the EU objectives in terms of sustainable mobility.

We thank our Japanese partners for their continued support for the development of metro infrastructure!

Visit to the M6 construction site: Otopeni students discover how the metro is built

Posted on June 13, 2025 - 11:58 am by

On May 29, on the occasion of the near coming Children’s Day, the students of the “Ioan Petruș” Theoretical High School from Otopeni were invited by the contractors appointed for the design and build of the resistance structure, galleries and tunnels, to visit the construction site of the future Ion I.C. Brătianu metro station, part of the M6 Metro Line.

If for Bucharest’s citizens the metro is a regular presence, for Otopeni it is a premiere: a modern mobility project that will link Gara de Nord Station to Henri Coandă International Airport.

The students and teachers chose to turn the visit into an English course in a real-life context – right next to one of the Capital’s most important international transportation hubs. The choice was not by chance: the world’s first metro was inaugurated in London in 1863, and the M6 project today is being carried out by a mixed national and international team, with English as a key working tool.

The children could see a construction stage of the Ion I. C. Brătianu metro station in Otopeni and were engaged in an imaginative exercise which they expressed through ideas and messages written on a board installed on the construction site and through drawings on the theme: “How do I see a metro station?”.

The Metrorex branded event was organized with the participation of the contractors working on the North section (Gulermak – Somet) and on the South section (Alsim Alarko-Makyol Joint Venture) of the future M6 Metro Line and the Project Supervisor, PADECO Co., Ltd. – ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS GLOBAL Co., Ltd. – METROUL S.A.

Happy anniversary to all the children! We are glad that we could honor this day by meeting the future of urban transportation – a future that we are building, day by day, for them.

We invite you to explore the artistic creations of students from “Ioan Petruș” Theoretical High School in Otopeni, inspired by the recent visit to the construction site of the future Ion I.C. Brătianu metro station, part of the M6 Metro Line project!

METROREX welcomes future specialists

Posted on June 11, 2025 - 12:12 pm by

Metrorex and the contractors of the new metro line consider collaborations with academic community extremely important.
The information that students acquire at university is the basis of their training as future specialists, but the essence of the construction profession is par excellence a concrete, applied one, based on good practice and the judicious application of theoretical knowledge.

Metrorex and the Alsim Alarko – Makyol Joint Venture, the Contractor appointed for the design and build of the resistance structure, galleries and tunnels for the SOUTH Section of the future M6 Metro Line 6, 1 Mai – Tokyo, hosted a visit of students from the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of the University of Bucharest.

Students attending the second and third year of the undergraduate program, accompanied by professors, received relevant information from the Constructor’s specialists at two of the construction sites of the SOUTH Section: the future Tokyo metro station, where the two TBM machines, “Sfânta Maria” and “Sfânta Ana”, are operational, and the future Gara Băneasa metro station.