The Bucharest-Ilfov metropolitan train project has taken a major step forward after the feasibility study was completed and received all key technical and environmental approvals, authorities announced. The planned rail link between Bucharest North Railway Station and Crivina is expected to become operational in 2030 and serve around 4 million passengers annually. The Bucharest City Hall announced that the feasibility study for the North Railway Station (Gara de Nord) - Chitila - Crivina route has been endorsed by the railway infrastructure manager CFR, the Ministry of Transport, environmental authorities, and the JASPERS advisory program.  The next step is approval by the local councils of the municipalities along the route and by the General Assembly of the Bucharest-Ilfov Public Transport Intercommunity Development Association (TPBI), after which applications for EU funding will be submitted.