M6 is an under construction metro line of the Bucharest Metro. The M6 Line will connect Bucharest North railway station (Gara de Nord) to Henri Coandă International Airport (Aeroport Otopeni). The line is expected to be completed by 2028.[1][2] As of 2019, only the section from 1 Mai to Tokyo has secured funding.[3] On March 8, 2022 the contract for construction was signed; he contract for the second section from Tokyo to the airport was signed on May 2, 2023.
Construction works have effectively started on December 15, 2023, for the first section between the 1 Mai station of M4 and the future Tokyo station.
Cost
The construction of the new line is estimated to cost around €1.2 billion. The Japan Bank for International Cooperation is financing the project with €300 million.[4]
Stations
The M6 Line will have a total of 16 stations: 4 stations shared with the existing M4 Line and 12 planned new stations: Pajura, Expoziției, Piața Montreal, Gara Băneasa, Aeroport Băneasa, Tokyo, Washington, Paris, Bruxelles, Otopeni, Ion I.C. Brătianu, and Aeroport Otopeni.[2]
^Chirileasa, Andrei (29 April 2015). "Romania pays for Bucharest airport subway link with money from emissions trading". Romania Insider. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ a b"Metrorex: Metroul din Drumul Taberei va circula de la mijlocul anului viitor. Când vor începe lucrările la linia de metrou Otopeni" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 29 September 2016.
^"Tenders called for București metro Line M6". Railway Gazette International. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^Metrorex demarează licitațiile pentru linia de metrou către Aeroportul Otopeni (in Romanian)
^"Metroul de Otopeni: Doi ani de la semnarea contractului la eliberarea autorizației de construire". 13 December 2023.
^"Metrou - Guvernul extinde cu mult, până în 2032, un împrumut cu Japonia pentru linia Aeroport Henri Coandă, din care a cheltuit în 11 ani doar 8,5 milioane de euro pe consultanță".
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