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How much did Bucharest — Line 5 cost to build?

Bucharest Metro Line M5 is the 6.87 km driverless metro line with ten stations from Râul Doamnei and Valea Ialomiței through Drumul Taberei to Eroilor 2 in Bucharest, Romania, built from 2011 by a consortium of Astaldi, FCC, AB Construct and Delta ACM and opened on 15 September 2020. Ziarul Financiar wrote in December 2025 that the metro was an investment of 3.3 billion lei, while Wikipedia, citing the European Commission, gives an expected construction cost of 708.6 million euros.

Reported project cost

RON 3.3 billion

Approximately $777.57 million

Cost basis: 2020

Photo of the M1 platform of Piața Victoriei metro station, Bucharest, Romania showing the tactile paving for visually impaired pedestrians
MihneaCC BY-SA 4.0

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Reported project cost2020
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Key dimensions

Total lengthzf.ro
6,870 m

Project record

Timeline

  1. 2011

    Construction started

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  2. 15 September 2020

    Opened or launched

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