Rail-2-Sea is a project of theThree Seas Initiative (3SI) that envisions developing and modernizing a 3,663 kilometres (2,276 miles) long railway line connecting the PolishBaltic Sea port ofGdańsk with the RomanianBlack Sea port ofConstanța.[1][2][3] This railway would pass throughRomania,Hungary,Slovakia andPoland and it aims to improve theinfrastructure of these countries, although it will also have a civilian and military use.[1][3] It may also have implications for5G technology.[3] All these countries are members of theEuropean Union (EU) andNATO, and Poland and Romania in particular are the closest allies of theUnited States in the region, reason for which this country has expressed support for the project.[1]
In Romania, this railway will have 3 branches: Nordic A (passing through cities likeCluj-Napoca,Sighișoara andBrașov), Nordic B (passing through cities likeArad,Deva,Alba Iulia, Sighișoara and Brașov) and Southern (passing through cities likeTimișoara,Caransebeș,Orșova andCraiova). All these branches start atthe Romanian border with Hungary and pass throughBucharest and finally Constanța. According to the 3SI's official website, the Rail-2-Sea project will be complete by 2029.[4]
