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 neighbourhood. Bucharest Metro stationed in Eroilor 2 Station

Bucharest Metro stationed in Eroilor 2 Station

History

In 2011, construction started on the first section of the M5.Metrorex Press release 15 March 2011
Metrorex Press release 15 April 2011
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, 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 custom ...

346 train sets are used, redistributed from M3.

Stations

Sources: metrorex.ro, adevarul.ro, wall-street.ro

References

External links

Bucharest Metro Line 5 site

Bucharest Metro Line 5 old site
Bucharest Metro Lines Proposed rail infrastructure in Romania Railway lines opened in 2020 {{Bucharest-metro-stub