The Government approved the strategy for restructuring the railway sector and the state-run company “Moldova’s Railways” for 2018-2021. The document allows for the initiation of the reorganization of the company by division into three independent joint stock companies in charge of infrastructure, passengers and freight, IPN reports.
The move will enable to strictly separate the tasks, to guarantee the independence of the companies and to orient these to competitiveness in business, says the informative note to the bill.
Among the objectives are the creation of the Railway Agency and Accidents Investigation Authority, opening of the railway market of Moldova to private players and attraction of new railway operators.
