Yes, you read that correctly.
A few years ago, Metrorex (the company in charge of Bucharest’s Metro) ordered 16 new trains from a Spanish company known as “Construccions y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA”. That was a copy-paste.
The first two arrived back in December, the remaining 14 being manufactured at Grivița. All went well; the tests were done, some more trains were built, and that brings us up to now. You’d expect that after four or five months of testing, they’d be ready to put in service, but they’re not.
After doing some measurements, it turns out that there is a danger that the trains could potentially collide with the platforms upon entering the stations. Due to this, Metrorex is being forced to cut a few centimetres out of every platform on the M2, the line that the new trains will be serving first.
Metrorex, trying not to make fools of themselves, state that “they want to keep within the EU’s new rule saying that trains should be no closer than 4.5 centimetres to the platform”. While this new rule is true, it’s pretty damn embarrassing to only discover this after a few months of testing.
Blaming the EU doesn’t always work.
The Grand Duchy of Vitan 
Mind the gap! It is a huge waste of money, resources and professional credibility.
Good article, clear and to the point. Worth mentioning that the French state railways made the same mistake, only a much more expensive one. 🙂