M6 is a planned metro line 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 ...
. The M6 Line will connect
Bucharest North railway station
Bucharest North railway station ( ro, Gara București Nord; officially Bucharest North Group A) is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania. The vast majority of mainline trains to and from Bucharest origi ...
(Gara de Nord) to
Henri Coandă International Airport
Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport ( ro, Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă București) is Romania's busiest international airport, located in Otopeni
Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of ...
(Aeroport Otopeni). The line is expected to be completed by 2025–2030.
As of 2019, only the section from 1 Mai to Tokyo has secured funding. The second section from Tokyo to the airport will be rendered separately at a later date.
Cost
The construction of the new line is estimated to cost around €1.2 billion. The
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
The , JBIC, is a Japanese public financial institution and export credit agency that was created on October 1, 1999, through the merger of the Japan Export-Import Bank (JEXIM) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF).
JBIC became the in ...
is financing the project with €300 million.
Metrorex demarează licitaţiile pentru linia de metrou către Aeroportul Otopeni
Stations
M6 Line will have a total of 12 stations: 1 station shared with the existing M4 Line and 11 planned new stations: Pajura, Expoziţiei, Piaţa Montreal, Gara Băneasa, Aeroport Băneasa, Tokyo, Washington, Paris, Bruxelles, Otopeni, Ion I.C. Brătianu, and Aeroport Otopeni.
References
Bucharest Metro Lines
Proposed rail infrastructure in Romania
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