Romania - General Information

Country Name

Romania (România)

National Railway System

Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate (CFR).

National Railway Operator

CFR Călători is the national train operating company.

Infrastructure Authority

CFR SA is the national infrastructure manager.

Language

Romanian, but there is a substantial Hungarian speaking minority in Transylvania.

Currency

RON (Romanian New Lei). The unit is Leu (plural Lei), 1 Leu = 100 Bani (singular Ban).

UIC code

numeric: 53; alpha: RO.

Timetable

Journey Planner

Can be found at www.cfrcalatori.ro

Downloadable Timetable

None identified for CFR. The result of enquiries made on the journey planner can be printed. mersul-trenurilor-sectii-secundare.uv.ro gives up to date information on the private operators (see Other Railways for a list of the lines covered). A scanned copy of the current timetable ( and past timetables as well) is available at tren.transira.ro/Arhiva. You will need to download winRAR ( free trial version available) to view this file. Amendments since the timetable began are not included.

Printed Timetable

Mersul Trenurilor de Călători published annually. This includes introductory material in French and English, with an explanation of the abbreviations in French. It contains details of all CFR services and those provided by private operators. However, it is often months out of date for the private operators so it is better to use the Downloadable Timetable above.

Engineering Information

If a train listed by the journey planner is affected by engineering work, a note will be shown in the "Restrictions" column at the right hand side of the screen.

Bus Information

Can be found at http://www.autogari.ro A drop down menu at the top right of the home page allows selection of several different languages, including English.

Maps

Printed Maps

• European Railway Atlas: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe by M.G. Ball (1993) (ISBN 0-7110-2072-4)
• European Railway Atlas by M.G. Ball (2008 onwards)

Web-based Maps

• An official CFR map shows some lines which are already closed to passenger traffic.
• Thorsten Büker's Map of Romania.

Gauge

Standard. Russian gauge (1520 mm) track crosses into Romania from Ukraine to Halmeu, Dorneşti, Sighetu Marmasţiei and Galaţi, and from Moldova to Nicolina (Iaşi) and Falciu. The broad and standard gauge tracks are separated at stations but four rail track is provided between stations. The CFR narrow (760 mm) gauge lines are all closed.

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz.

Rule of the road

Right.

Other Railways

Company/Table	Route
S.C. Regional S.R.L.
310/316	Oradea - Ciumeghiu - Holod - Vaşcău
402/413	Oradea - Săcuieni Bihor - Marghita - Sărmăşag
406	Bistriţa Nord - Bistriţa Bârgăului
417	Satu Mare - Botiz - Bixad
418/401	Rodna Veche - Ilva Mică - Năsăud - Salva
S.C. Transferoviar Călători S.R.L.
300	Oradea - Huedin - Cluj Napoca
304	Ploiesti Sud - Maneciu
306	Ploiesti Sud - Buda - Slanic
300/405	Cluj Napoca - Razboieni - Ludus - Targu Mures
309	Oradea - Băile Felix - Cordau
504	Buzau - Berca - Nehoiaşu
703	Galaţi - Târgu Bujor - Bârlad
801	Titan Sud - Oltenita
917	Caransebeş - Oţelu Roşu - Bouţari ( closed 31.12.2012)
S.C. Regiotrans S.R.L.
203	Braşov - Zărneşti
205	Băbeni - Alunu
206	Alba Iulia -Cugir
207	Simeria - Hunedoara
210	Alba Iulia - Zlatna
213	Timişoara Nord - Radna
215	Arad - Nădlac
216	Arad - Aradu Nou - Periam - Sânnicolau Mare - Vălcani
217	Timişoara Nord - Sinandrei - Periam - Lovrin - Nerau
218	Timişoara Nord - Ronaţ - Lovrin - Sânnicolau M - Cenad
307	Blaj - Târnaveni - Praid
308	Sighişoara - Odorhei
310	Arad - Timişoara Nord
313	Sântana - Nadab - Graniceri
317	Arad - Ineu - Gurahont - Brad
318	Ineu - Cermei
403	Braşov - Intorsura Buzăului
404	Braşov - Sfântu Gheorghe - Breţcu
406	Bistriţa Nord - Sărăţel - Magherus Sieu - Luduş
510	Fălticeni - Dolhasca
512	Dorohoi - Leorda - Botoşani
517	Târgu Neamţ - Paşcani
605	Roman - Buhăieşti
607	Iaşi - Podu Iloaiei - Harlau
608	Iaşi - Leţcani - Dângeni - Dorohoi
908	Roşiori Nord - Turnu Măgurele
909	Roşiori Nord - Alexandria
909a	Alexandria - Zimnicea
910a	Caracal - Corabia
916a	Buziaş - Gătaia - Jamu Mare
920	Jebel - Leibling
921	Jebel - Giera
922/922a	Timişoara Nord - Voiteni - Gătaia - Berzovia - Reşiţa Nord
923	Berzovia - Oraviţa
924	Oraviţa - Iam
926	Timişoara Nord - Cruceni
927	Cărpiniş - Ionel
928	Jimbolia - Lovrin
S.C. Servtransinvest S.A.
507	Mărăşeşti - Panciu
907	Roşiori Nord - Costeşti - Piteşti

Tourist lines

• Vişeu de Sus (steam trains) www.wassertalbahn.ch
• Moldoviţa forest railway (steam trains)
• Brad – Criscior forest railway (steam trains)

The CFR narrow gauge lines (Târgu Mureş network and Sibiu - Cornatel - Agnita) are closed but ideas for reopening exist. The Sibiu - Cornatel - Agnita line also offers rail cycling; see the Poze Secasel website.

Once a year, a steam loco is taken to Abrud for two days to run a service on the 10 km section to Campeni. A similar sparse steam operation is offered in Comandau.

Metro

Bucharest

Trams

Bucharest, Arad, Botoşani, Brăila, Cluj Napoca, Craiova, Galati, Iaşi, Oradea, Ploieşti, Reşiţa, Sibiu, Timişoara.

Recent and Future Changes

The combined road/rail bridge between Calafat and Vidin (Bulgaria), now named "Danube Bridge 2", is due to open to traffic in May 2013.

Table 917 (Caransebes to Bouţari Hm) closed at short notice from 31 December 2012. Table 513 (Suceava - Dărmăneşti - Cacica - Paltinoasa -[Gura Humorului]) has been re-instated after flood damage. Two return services were introduced between Cacica and Păltinoasa and Gura Humorului at some point in the summer of 2012, but do not appear in the 2012-2013 timetable. Table 603 (Barlad - Falciu Nord) was observed in Februray 2013 to have lost its service at an unknown date. Services were thought to have been withdrawn between Reşiţa Sud and Reşiţa Nord from 9 December 2012 as Reşiţa Sud is not shown in the CFR timetable book in either of tables 915 or 922a; however, the journey planner shows the existence of a train.

Table 801 Bucuresti - Oltenita: Private Operator TFG took over from March 2012 but only for Titan Sud to Oltenita, so the eastern section of the Bucuresti ring lost its one train pair a day from Bucuresti Obor to Titan Sud. The following lines lost their services at some point in the 2011-2012 timetable period: 302 Ploiesti Sud - Targoviste, 214 Livezeni - Lupeni, 515 Dornesti - Putna, 516 Floreni - Dornisoara, 606 Crasna - Hus and 914 Strehaia - Motru.

The cross border line from Fălciu Hm to Prut II (Moldova) was not in the 2011-2012 timetable. This service is believed to have operated Friday and weekends only for at least part of 2011. The Simeria avoiding line lost its two train pairs from the start of the 2011-2012 timetable.

Passenger servicee on the Apahida avoiding line ended with the start of the 2010-2011 timetable. closed during the 2011-2012 timetable period Table 513 [Suceava] – Darmaneşti – Cacica has re-opened after repair of flood damage. On line 306 the final 10km from Poiana Slănic to Slănic re-opened on 21st June 2011 Vama – Moldovita hcv closed in 2010 after flood damage. The following line has reopened 316 Holod - Vaşcău The Simeria avoiding line lost its two train pairs from the start of the 2011-2012 timetable. The border crossing at Kardam (BDŽ) / Negru Vodă (CFR) carried passenger trains between 15 June and 9 August 2009 after some years of closure but there have been no trains in the timetable since then.

Special notes

None.

See also

• Romania
• Romania - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services