Romania - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable dated from 9 December 2012 to 14 December 2013, 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) RO13/1
A south to east curve connecting the Timişoara Nord to Arad and Arad to Simeria lines.
| A1766 | Timişoara Nord - 14:39 Arad Nou - Iaşi/Botoşani | |
| R2024 | Timişoara Nord - 15:36 Arad Nou - Târgu Jiu | |
| A1843 | Timişoara Nord - 22:22 Arad Nou - Beclean pe Someş/Sighetu Marmaţiei/Bistriţa Nord | |
| R4134/R4113/IR1844 | Sighetu Marmaţiei/Bistriţa Nord/Beclean pe Someş - 04:57 Radna - Timişoara Nord | |
| R5584/IR1765 | Botoşani/ Iaşi - 06:17 Radna - Timişoara Nord | |
| D | R2031 | Teiuş - 10:13 Glogovat - Arad Nou ( on unspecified dates when the line into Arad is closed) |
| D | R14063 | Braşov - 19:48 Glogovat - Arad Nou ( on unspecified dates when the line into Arad is closed) |
Teiuş avoiding line: Mihalţ – Coşlariu
[200A,300] (49B2; ERA1 108A2/B2) RO13/2
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) RO13/3
A south facing connection off the Sărmăşag line avoiding Săcueni Bihor station. Trains timed at Săcueni Bihor Hm use this curve (the others use the north curve to the station).
| R15808 | Marghita - 14:27 Târguşor Bihor h. – Holod | ||
| R15870 | Sărmăşag – 16:00 Târguşor Bihor h - Oradea | ||
| R15809 | Holod – 06:48 Cadia h - Marghita | ||
| R15877 | Oradea – 17:55 Cadia h. – Sărmăşag |
Mărăşeşti avoiding line: Putna Seacă (Mărăşeşti Ram. Putna) – Gral. Eremia Grigorescu (Mărăşeşti Ram. Gral. Eremia Grigorescu)
[500,704] (50A1, not shown; ERA1 109A2) RO13/4
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.
Paşcani avoiding line: Paşcani triaj – Ruginoasa
[500,606] (50A2, not shown; ERA1 109A4) RO13/5
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 – 22:25 Iaşi - Bucureşti Nord | ||
| IR402 | Bucureşti Nord - 01:18 Roman - Chişinău |
Suceava avoiding line: Suceava Nord – Suceava Vest
[502] (50A2, not shown; ERA1 108C4) RO13/6
A north to west curve avoiding Suceava station. No service in current timetable.
[Suceava] - Cacica – Gura Humorului
[502, 513] (50A2 not correctly shown; ERA1 108C4) RO13/7
Table 513 Suceava - Dărmăneşti - Cacica - Paltinoasa -[Gura Humorului] forms an alternative route between Suceava and Gura Humorului and 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.
Tecuci avoiding line: Cosmeşti – Tecuci Nord
[600,704] (50B1, not shown; ERA1 A2/B2) RO13/8
A west to north curve avoiding Tecuci station for trains between Mărăşeşti and Bârlad with no times at Tecuci.
| IR1667 | Bucureşti Nord - 02:42 Mărăşeşti - Iaşi | ||
| E | IR1961 | Constanţa - 03:55 Mărăşeşti - Iaşi | |
| SSuX | IR551/IR561 | Bucureşti Nord 09:33 Mărăşeşti – Iaşi | |
| R14069/R14064 | Ploeşti Vest/Braşov - 11:37 Mărăşeşti - Iaşi | ||
| H | IR1861 | Constanţa - 19:16 Mărăşeşti - Iaşi | |
| IC553/IC563 | Bucureşti Nord - 20:40 Mărăşeşti - Iaşi | ||
| IC562 | Iaşi - 07:29 Tecuci Nord – Bucureşti Nord | ||
| R6312 | Iaşi – 09:15 Tecuci Nord - Mărăşeşti | ||
| IR1664 | Iaşi - 17:11 Tecuci Nord – Bucureşti Nord | ||
| R14068 | Iaşi - 18:16 Tecuci Nord - Ploeşti Vest/Braşov | ||
| IC564 | Iaşi – 18:59 Tecuci Nord – Bucureşti Nord |
Bucureşti north ring line: Bucureşti Triaj or Bucureşti Nord – Pantelimon (via Bucureşti Băneasa)
[800] (53A3. ERA1 111A5) RO13/9
An east to west link line, around the north side of the city, which enables trains to or from the Constanţa line to reach Bucureşti Nord, or points north and west without reversal. At the west end, trains that use the curve facing north and west are shown in Table 800 with a time at Bucureşti Băneasa, while trains that use the south facing curve are shown on table 800 with a time at Bucureşti Nord.
Pantelimon – Mogoşoaia
[800,900] (53A3; ERA1 111A5, not shown correctly) RO13/10
The northern Bucuresţi freight ring line.
Note that the below trains were also scheduled to run in the 2011-2012 timetable, but were cancelled later.| E | IR1998/IR1996/IR1992 | Reşiţa Nord/Deva/Timişoara Nord - 02:52 Roşiori Nord - Mangalia | |
| E | IR1991 | 19:40 Mangalia - Reşiţa Nord/Deva/Timişoara Nord |
Palas – Constanţa
(via goods line) [800] (53B3 not shown; ERA1 111C5,not shown) RO13/11
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 to Mangalia train, took this route in 2009.
Railway Map of Constanţa area:
Simeria avoiding line: Simeria Triaj - Simeria Veche h
[200,202] (49A1/2 not shown) RO13/13
A curve connecting the Craiova to Simeria and Simeria to Vintu de Jos lines.
No services use this curve in the 2012-2013 timetable }Buzău avoiding line: Boboc Hm – Buzău Sud Hm
[500,702] (50A1 not shown; ERA1 109A1) RO13/14
This north to east curve connects the Suceava to Bucureşti and the Buzău to Făurei line. It was used in previous years by summer holiday trains from Satu Mare to Constanța, but has no trains in the 2012-2013 timetable.
Făurei avoiding line: Gâiseanca Hc – Cireşu Hm
[700,702] (50A/B1, not shown; ERA1 109A1/B1) RO13/15
This southeast to northeast curve connects the Făurei to Galati and Făurei to Feteşti lines.
| E | IR1970 | Galaţi – 09:01 Ianca Haltă hc – Constanţa | |
| E | IR1971 | Constanţa – 19:23 Tăndărei – Galaţi |
Lunca Budieni to Copăcioasa "double track" section
[202] (????; ERA1 108M1 ( not shown)) RO13/16
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) |
| E | Stamora Moraviţa - Vršac (Serbia) |
| G | Carei – Mateszalka (Hungary) |
| 215 | Arad - Arad Vest ( Only one through service from Arad to Nădlac each way. All other trains to Nădlac start/finish at Arad Vest). |
| 507 | Mărăşeşti - Panciu |
| 601 | Făurei - Tecuci |
| 803 | Medgidia - Negru Vodă |
| 804 | Medgidia – Tulcea Orăs |
| 902 | Giurgiu – Grădiştea Hm |
| 915 (but not shown in this table) | Reşiţa Nord - Reşiţa Sud |
| 919 | Jimbolia - Kikinda (Serbia) |
| 920 | Jebel – Liebling hcv |
Deletions since last edition
| 603 | Bârlad - Fălciu Nord: service withdrawn |
