The ‘Sfânta Maria’ TBM broke through the wall of the future Gara Băneasa metro station today, on the route of the future M6 Metro Line.
The boring shield “Sfânta Maria” is excavating the Line 2 tunnel on the SOUTH Section of M6 Metro Line, and today marks the completion of the second tunnel segment on this line.
The tunnel completed so far by the giant machine (TBM “Sfânta Maria” is 97 metres long, weighs 600 tonnes and has a cutterhead 6.60 metres in diameter), between the future Tokyo, Aeroport Băneasa and Gara Băneasa metro stations, totals 2,006 metres excavated and 1,334 tunnel rings assembled.
The length of the underground tunnel that TBM “Sfânta Maria” will complete up to 1 Mai station is 6.6 km.
“We are starting 2026 by marking yet another significant milestone in the construction of M6 Metro Line! The progress of both tunnel boring machines – the ‘Sfânta Maria’ TBM and the ‘Sfânta Ana’ TBM – is in line with the construction schedule for building the civil works for the SOUTH Section of the future M6 Metro Line! The “Sfânta Maria” machine has arrived safely at Gara Băneasa, whilst the “Sfânta Ana” tunnel boring machine is also heading towards this destination, having already covered over 1,600 metres and assembled 1,076 tunnel rings” said Mariana Miclăuș, Director General of Metrorex.
Metrorex continues to build for people, for the city, for Romania and for a sustainable future.
