Romania - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable dated from 13 December 2015 to 10 December 2016, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Obscure services
Arad avoiding line: Glogovăţ – Aradu Nou
[200,310] (48B2, not shown; ERA1 107C2) RO15/1
A south to east curve connecting the Timişoara Nord to Arad and Arad to Simeria lines.
| IR1622 | Timişoara Nord - 08:52 Arad Nou - Bucureşti Nord | ||
| IR1766 | Timişoara Nord - 14:29 Arad Nou - Iaşi | ||
| IR1843 | Timişoara Nord - 22:32 Arad Nou - Beclean pe Someş | ||
| IR1765 | Iaşi - 06:30 Radna - Timişoara Nord | ||
| IR1621 | Bucureşti Nord - 21:01 Radna - Timişoara Nord |
Teiuş avoiding line: Mihalţ – Coşlariu
[200A,300] (49B2; ERA1 108A2/B2) RO15/2
An east to west curve avoiding Teiuş, used by through trains shown on Table 200A with no timing at Teiuş.
Târguşor Bihor – Cadia (via Săcueni Bihor halt)
[402,413] (48B3; ERA1 117C4) RO15/3
A south facing connection off the Sărmăşag line avoiding Săcueni Bihor station.
IR1622 Timişoara Nord - 08:52 Arad Nou - Bucureşti Nord IR1766 Timişoara Nord - 14:29 Arad Nou - Iaşi IR1843 Timişoara Nord - 22:32 Arad Nou - Beclean pe Someş IR1765 Iaşi - 06:30 Radna - Timişoara Nord IR1621 Bucureşti Nord - 21:01 Radna - Timişoara Nord
Mărăşeşti avoiding line: Putna Seacă (Mărăşeşti Ram. Putna) – Gral. Eremia Grigorescu (Mărăşeşti Ram. Gral. Eremia Grigorescu)
[500,704] (50A1, not shown; ERA1 109A2) RO15/4
A south to east curve for through trains between Bucureşti and the Tecuci line, shown on table 500 with destination Iaşi but no time at Mărăşeşti and on table 704 with destination Bucureşti but no time at Mărăşeşti.
| R1667 | Bucureşti Nord - 02:07 Focşani - Iaşi | ||
| R1661 | Bucureşti Nord - 08:54 Focşani - Iaşi | ||
| R1663 | Bucureşti Nord - 15:09 Focşani - Iaşi | ||
| R1665 | Bucureşti Nord - 19:10 Focşani - Iaşi | ||
| R1668 | Iaşi – 02:19 Tecuci - Bucureşti Nord | ||
| R1662 | Iaşi – 09:06 Tecuci - Bucureşti Nord | ||
| R1666 | Iaşi – 19:43 Tecuci - Bucureşti Nord |
Paşcani avoiding line: Paşcani triaj – Ruginoasa
[500,606] (50A2, not shown; ERA1 109A4) RO15/5
A south to east curve linking with the Iaşi line. Through trains shown on Table 606 with no timings at Paşcani use this curve.
| IR401 | Chişinău – 22:38 Iaşi - Bucureşti Nord | ||
| IR402 | Bucureşti Nord - 01:42 Pascani Triaj H. - Chişinău |
[Suceava] - Cacica – Gura Humorului
[502, 513] (50A2 not correctly shown; ERA1 108C4) RO15/6
Table 513 Suceava - Dărmăneşti - Cacica - Paltinoasa -[Gura Humorului] forms an alternative route between Suceava and Gura Humorului.
A train pair operates over this line from 21 September 2015
| 13621 | Suceava - 09:23 Cacica – Moldovenesc | ||
| 13602 | Ilva Mica - 10:09 Gura Humorului - Suceava |
Tecuci avoiding line: Cosmeşti – Tecuci Nord
[600,704] (50B1, not shown; ERA1 A2/B2) RO15/7
A west to north curve avoiding Tecuci station for trains between Mărăşeşti and Bârlad with no times at Tecuci.
| R1664 | Iaşi - 16:18 Bârlad – Bucureşti Nord | ||
| 14068 | Iaşi - 17:39 Bârlad - Brașov | ||
| R1862 | Iaşi - 00:15 Bârlad - Constanta | ||
| R1861 | Constanta - 04:10 Mărăşeşti - Iaşi | ||
| 14069 | Brașov - 11:25 Mărăşeşti - Iaşi |
Bucureşti Nord or Bucureşti Triaj – Pantelimon
[800] (53A3. ERA1 111A5) RO15/8
Express services on the Constanţa line run to/from Bucureşti Nord whereas local services run to/from Bucureşti Obor, which lies at the end of a branch running SW from a triangular junction at Pantelimon. A few local trains run between Bucureşti Nord and Bucureşti Obor but they reverse at Pantelimon station (which lies at the east end of the triangle) and hence do not traverse the W <=> S curve. Seasonal services from Brasov and Timisoara to the Black Sea coast that do not call at Bucureşti Nord, but call instead at Bucureşti Baneasa take the following routes:
Pajura - Bucureşti Baneasa
[300/800] (ERA2 246B4) RO15/8A Taken by trains from the Brașov line going to Constanta and not calling at Bucureşti Nord. These trains are expected to take the northernmost of the two curves onto the line to Bucureşti Baneasa, though an alternative is available through Bucureşti Triaj which would use the southernmost curve. Confirmation of the route would be welcomed.
| E | 14038 | Brașov – 07:11 Ploiești Vest - Constanta | |
| E | 14039 | Constanta - 18:58 Bucureşti Baneasa - Brașov | |
| E | IR1944 | Satu Mare – 03:39 Ploiești Vest - Mangalia | |
| E | IR1945 | Mangalia - 19:46 Bucureşti Baneasa – Satu Mare |
[Chiajna] - Bucureşti Triaj - Bucureşti Baneasa
[800/900] (ERA2 246B4) RO15/8B Taken by trains from the Videle line going to Constanta and not calling at Bucureşti Nord. These trains are expected to pass through Bucureşti Triaj and take the southernmost of the two curves onto the line to Bucureşti Baneasa. Confirmation of the route would be welcomed.
| E | IR1992 | Timișoara Nord – 03:59 Videle - Mangalia | |
| E | IR1991 | Mangalia – 00:15 Bucureşti Baneasa - Timișoara Nord |
Bucureşti northern freight ring: Mogoşoaia – Pasărea
[800,900] (53A3; ERA1 111A5, not shown correctly) RO15/09
There are no trains over this line in the current timetable.
Bucureşti northern freight ring: Bucureşti – Chitila – Ramificaţia Buciumeni - Mogoşoaia
[700] (53A3; ERA2 246B4) RO15/09A
From 1 July 2015 some R services on timetable 700 to/from Bucureşti Nord and Mogoşoaia call additionally at Chitila and are given 20 minutes to reach Mogoşoaia so must travel this route. The diverted services leave Bucureşti Nord at 10:25, 15:40 and 16:39. Two southbound R services are also diverted and depart Mogoşoaia 09:13 and 19:51. IR services from Bucureşti to Galați have extended journey times between Bucureşti and Aeroport PO, which may mean they also take this route. Confirmation would be welcomed by the compilers.
Palas – Constanţa via goods line
[800] (53B3, not shown; ERA1 111C5, not shown fully) RO15/10
This line diverges at Palas and allows access to either the southern end of Constanţa station or directly onto the Mangalia line, the latter curve not being used by any passenger trains. Although there would appear to be no reason why any train should not use this route, in practice only some summer only through trains between Bucuresţi (or beyond) and Mangalia (and vice versa) have been observed to take it. R942, the summer only Satu Mare - Mangalia train, took this route in 2009 and IR1862, the 22:05 (Sun) Iași - Mangalia in July 2013. Further reports would be welcomed by the compilers.
Railway Map of Constanţa area:
Făurei avoiding line: Gâiseanca Hc – Cireşu Hm
[700,702] (50A/B1, not shown; ERA1 109A1/B1) RO15/11
This southeast to northeast curve connects the Făurei to Galati and Făurei to Feteşti lines.
| E | FSSuMO | R1871 | Constanta - 17:37 Tandarei - Galați |
| E | FSSuMO | R1870 | Galați - 08:36 Ianca - Constanta |
Lunca Budieni to Copăcioasa "double track" section
[202] (49B1; ERA1 108A1 not shown on either) RO15/12
Although shown on CFR schematics as double track, the section between Lunca Budieni to Copăcioasa is actually two single lines each over 5km long and up to 1200 metres apart with Budieni halt on the southernmost line. All passenger trains nominally take the southern route, but fast services from Târgu Jiu to Filiaşi with no requirement to stop at Budieni have been known to take the northern route.
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday.
| A3 | Salonta - Kotegyan (Hungary) |
| B | Vicşani - Vadu Siret (Ukraine) |
| D | Giurgiu Nord – Ruse (Bulgaria) |
| - | Calafat - Vidin (Bulgaria |
| E | Stamora Moraviţa - Vršac (Serbia) |
| G | Carei – Mateszalka (Hungary) |
| 215 | Arad - Arad Vest ( Only two through services from Arad to Nădlac each way. All other trains to Nădlac start/finish at Arad Vest). |
| 216 | Sânnicolau Mare - Vălcani |
| 313 | Nadab - Padureni Arad - (Grăniceri ) |
| 334 | Oradea - Cheresig ( Weekend service only) |
| 512 | Dorohoi - Leorda |
| 906 | Pitești - Curtea de Argeș |
| 914 | Strehaia - Motru Est |
| 916a | Buziaș - Gătaia |
| 920 | Jebel – Liebling hcv |
| 925 | Oravița - Anina |
Deletions since last edition
| RO14/6 | Suceava avoiding line: Suceava Nord – Suceava Vest. No service for several years |
| RO14/13 | Simeria avoiding line: Simeria Triaj - Simeria Veche h. No service for several years |
| RO14/14 | Buzău avoiding line: Boboc Hm – Buzău Sud Hm. No service for several years |
| 919 | Jimbolia - Kikinda (Serbia) Service ended September 2014 |
