MOLDOVA: National railway CFM has named GE Transportation as the winner of a contract to supply 12 locomotives for use on passenger and freight services. The 2 982 kW diesel locomotives are scheduled to be delivered from early 2020.

The contract announced November 6 is worth €45m, including modernisation of the Chișinău locomotive depot.  It is being financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and the European Investment Bank as part of a €110m railway reform and modernisation programme.

CFM Director Iurie Topală said tenders are also to be called for the modernisation of the Bender (Tighina) – Basarabeasca – Etulia – Giurgiuleşti line for use by transit traffic between Ukraine and Romania.