MTU conquers the Romanian rail market one train at a time

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Only in major cities such as Cluj-Napoca have the Romanian railway stations been renovated. Many of the trains that stop here dawdle in at walking pace.

With 20,730 kilometers of track, the Romanian railway system is one of the longest in Europe. But the 1,200 loco-motives and 300 railbuses often trundle along the deteri-orating tracks at little more than walking pace. With the help of modern diesel engine technology from MTU things are set to get better on the Romanian railways. Railcars are to be fitted with modern Powerpacks from Friedrichshafen and old locomotives repowered with Se-ries 4000 diesel engines.

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The fitters at the Romanian railway engineering company Remarul treat the diesel engines supplied by MTU as if they were as fragile as an egg. They are to be used for modernizing railcars and so will make a decisive contribution to updating the dilapidated Romanian railway system.

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New from old: Romanian railway engineering company Remarul is transforming crumbling old railbuses into shiny modern transport conveyances. As part of the process they are fitting modern MTU Diesel Powerpacks. They will make the railcars fit for purpose on Romania’s updated local rail transport services.

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Two thousand kilowatts of concentrated diesel power for revitalizing worn-out old Romanian locomotives.

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Romania is investing 17 billion euro, partly financed by the EU, in modernizing its railways. MTU is supplying the manufacturer Remarul 16 Februarie S.A. with Type 16V4000 R41 diesel engines for repowering locomotives and Type 6H1800 R84P Powerpacks for new and refitted railcars. The Roma-nian rail network extends to over 20,730 kilometers of track. Operating on it is a fleet of roughly 1,200 locomotives and around 300 railcars.

There are old and new locomotives to be seen on the grounds of the Remarul rolling stock plant. They are being modernized as part of the process of modernizing the Romanian railways as a whole.

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