M5 is the newest of the five lines of the
Bucharest Metro
The Bucharest Metro ( ro, Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. The network is run by Metrorex. One of two parts of the large ...
, opened on 15 September 2020. In the first phase (), it runs from
Eroilor to Râul Doamnei, and to Valea Ialomiței, in the
Drumul Taberei
Drumul Taberei (, ''The Camp Road'') is a neighbourhood located in the south-west of Bucharest, Romania, roughly between Timișoara Avenue (south of Plaza România and the Cotroceni Railway Station) and Ghencea Avenue, neighboring Militari to th ...
neighbourhood.
History
In 2011, construction started on the first section of the M5.
[Metrorex Press release 15 March 2011](_blank)
[Metrorex Press release 15 April 2011](_blank)
The expected construction cost was €708.6 million.
Opened on 15 September 2020, the first section, Râul Doamnei to Eroilor is around long with 10 stations.
After that, the line will be extended to
Iancului
Iancului is the name of a district in Sector 2 (Bucharest) situated in the northeastern part of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. ' is also the name of an intersection in the same district, and has a connection to the Piața Iancului metro statio ...
, and from there under Iancului Road (''Șoseaua Iancului'') until it reaches the
Pantelimon station of
M1.
Rolling stock
Until 2023, when new Alstom Metropolitan French trains for this line are meant to arrive, 8 Canadian
Bombardier Movia
The Alstom Movia (introduced as the Adtranz Movia and later sold as the Bombardier Movia) is a family of metro train cars designed by Adtranz and later built by Bombardier Transportation and Alstom. The structure and body shell are fully customi ...
346 train sets are used, redistributed from
M3.
Stations
![Metro București](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Metro_Bucure%C8%99ti.svg)
Sources: metrorex.ro, adevarul.ro, wall-street.ro
References
External links
Bucharest Metro Line 5 siteBucharest Metro Line 5 old site
Bucharest Metro Lines
Proposed rail infrastructure in Romania
Railway lines opened in 2020
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