REHABILITATION OF THE RAILWAY LINE CAMPINA – PREDEAL

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This measure concerns the rehabilitation and upgrading of the railway between Câmpina and Predeal in Romania. This railway section is part of the railway line between Bucharest and Braşov, and part of the Trans-European Transport Corridor IV. The railway section was initially built as single line, and then it was doubled and electrified. Some construction parts have been in operation for more than 100 years. The electrical installations (catenary and power supply), signalling and interlocking system are damaged on many sectors due to lack of maintenance and repair. Numerous bridges and culverts are very old (and made according to the end of the 19th century technical possibilities, e.g. riveted metal bridges and brick made culverts). The Prahova valley (Câmpina - Sinaia - Predeal) is an important link between two main regions of Romania (Bucharest and Transylvania). It has also a significant tourism role as mountain resort. However, the valley is very narrow, having steep slopes in the immediate neighbourhood of the railway. From Câmpina at 460 m above sea level the railway climbs to Predeal at 1 032 m, which is the highest point on the Romanian railway network The railway track is winding, with small radius curves, and a substantial number of bridges and culverts, various railway reinforcement works and protection works against erosion from the Prahova river. The present traffic capacity of Bucharest – Braşov line is 296 trains/ day for the two directions of circulation (148 pairs of trains), which makes the Câmpina-Predeal section one of the most busy and overloaded lines of the Romanian railway network.

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