In February 2019 the European Commission (EC) endorsed the EUR 517 million funding dedicated to a section of  the M6 metro line planned to link the Bucharest airport  ( Henri Coanda in Otopeni) with the Bucharest North railway station (Gara de Nord).

The M6 will have 14.2 km and 12 stations: 1 station shared with the existing M4 Line and 11 planned  new stations.  The European Commission will finance only the 6 km section that links the existing metro network (1 Mai station) with Baneasa shopping centre, where the future metro station Tokyo will be located. Eu will not finance the segment from Baneasa to the airport. 

The Commission expressed concerns about the lack of an accurate evaluation of the alternative solutions (underground versus above-ground link) and visible under-evaluation of the cost for the second section of the route. The second section will be partly financed with 300 million euros by a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

The whole project is estimated to cost EUR 1.37 billion (RON 6.35 billion), VAT included), out of which EUR600 million (RON 2.78 billion) is the value of the section financed by the EU. Romania still has to contribute 15% of this value after the co-financing was increased from 75% to 85%. The line is expected to be completed by 2025-2030. Click ro/13 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.metrorex.ro/. 12/19.