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Rail Transport inRomania

The first railway in the Kingdom of Romania opened in 1869 and

linked Bucharest and Giurgiu. The first railway on current Romanian territory opened in

18!" #etween $ra%ita and Ba&ias in Banat" howe%er that region was under the

administration of the 'ustro()ngarian *mpire at the time.

+ince then" the Romanian railway network has #een significantly e,panded" and is

now the fourth largest in *urope #y total track length" comprising --"-98 km. $f these"

some 8"8 km are electrified. The route length is 1"/88 km.

Romania is a mem#er of the 0nternational )nion of Railways )023. The )02

country code for Romania is 4.



Căile Ferate Române (abbreviated as the CFR) is the state railwaycarrier of Romania. As of 20!" the railway networ# of Romania

consists of 0"$$$ #m" of which !"02% #m (&$.!') are electried. he total trac# len*th is 22"2!$ #m (&"+2! mi)" of which +",+, #m

(,"&&! mi) are electried.

he networ# is si*nicantly interconnected with other -ro/eanrailway networ#s" /rovidin* /an-ro/ean /assen*er and frei*htservices. CFR as an entity has been o/eratin* since ++0" even tho*hthe rst railway on crrent Romanian territory was o/ened in +,!.

CFR is divided into for atonomos com/anies1

•CFR Calatori" res/onsible for /assen*er services

•CFR Marfa" res/onsible for frei*ht trans/ort

•CFR Infrastructură" mana*es the infrastrctre on the Romanian

railway networ# and•Societatea Feroviara de Turism" or 3F" which mana*es scenic and

torist railways.



5uring this time" %arious railways were dou#led7 that is" dou#le tracks

were introduced on routes to permit a greater flow of traffic. The first line to #e

dou#led was the Bucharestloiesti2ampina line" where dou#ling was

completed in 191-.

The first line to #e electrified on the Romanian railway network was theBucharestBra o% line" which was used #y a significant amount of passengerș

and freight traffic. :orks on electrification started in 199" and the first

electrified segment" from Bra o% to redeal" opened on 9 5ecem#er 196. Byș

- 'pril 1966" a further segment was electrified" from redeal to 2;mpina. The

entire line was electrified #y 16 <e#ruary 1969" at a fre=uency of >& and

%oltage of - k?.?arious lines were supplemented with dou#le tracks to permit a wider flow

of traffic" including@2onstan a 2erna%oda 19413ț

'dAud Tecuci 19443Teius 'pahida 19!3

2;mpinaBra o% 19!13ș

Bu&au arasesti 19!-35ragalina 2alarasi 19/3Bucharest 2erna%oda 19/13BucharestRosiori2raio%a 19/-3Bra o%2ampul Ci#ertatii 19/!3ș

'dAud +ucea%a 19/3



Romania is part of the ten an(

*uropean corridors esta#lished #y the

second 2onference in 2rete in arch

199!" with additions in the third

2onference in >elsinki in 199/.

2orridors which includes Romaniaare@

2orridor 0? @

5resden D EFrn#erg 7 raga 7 ?iena

7 Bratisla%a 7 Gyr 7 Budapesta 7

'rad 7 Braso% Bucuresti 7

2onstan a D 2raio%a 7 +ofiaț

7 +alonic D lo%di% 7 0stan#ul

2orridor ?00 @

?iena ( Belgrad ( 2alarasi ( Braila ( G

alati ( Tulcea 7 length -4 km this

is on the 5anu#e32orridor 0H@ >elsinki

7 ?I#org 7 +ankt(

eters#urg 7 sko% 7 osco%a 7 K

aliningrad 7 Kie% 7 Ciu#a e%ka DRo&ș

dilna

7 2hi inJu 7 Bucure ti 7 5imitro%gș șrad 7 'le,androupolis



Urban Transport in Romania

Bucharest has the largest

transport network in Romania"

and one of the largest in *urope.

The Bucharest transport network

is made up of a metro network

and a surface transport network.

'lthough there are multiple

connection points" the two

systems operate independently of

each other" are run #y different

organisations the metro is run #y

*TR$R*H and the surface

transport network #y R'TB3 and

use separate ticketing systems.



Bucharest is the only city that has a su#way. 'lthough

construction of the underground has #een scheduled for 19!1" due to

geo(political factors" Bucharest su#way was inaugurated in 19/9.

Today it is the most used mode of pu#lic transport in Bucharestwith an a%erage of 6" passengers a day. 0n total su#way

network has a length of 64 km and ! stations.

$lder style metro cards can #e purchased at any metro station"

e,cept discounted passes" which can only #e purchased at a limited

num#er of stations. rices as of 'pril -13@

-(trip card R$E 1.143

1(day card 8 R$E 1.83

1(trip card - R$E !.-3

)nlimited weekly pass full price3 - R$E .63

)nlimited monthly pass full price3 / R$E 1.8-3

)nlimited student monthly pass a%aila#le for students inRomanian uni%ersities3 4 R$E /.913

<ree for senior citi&ens o%er / years of age



The Bucharest etro uses three types of train sets@

•'stra 0?' 44 trains 198 modular cars3" #uilt #etween 19/6 and 199-L

•Bom#ardier o%ia 4!6 !! train sets -6! cars3" #uilt #etween -- and -8L

•2'< ( 16 train sets 96 cars3" #uilt #etween -14 and -1!.



u#lic transport of surface in Bucharest is the

responsa#ility of R'TB.

R'TB network is one of the densest in

*urope" #eing the fourth most e,tensi%e on the

continent and carrying -.-6 million passengers perday on 11- #us routes" 1 trolley#us and tram

lines -!.

R'TB operates a total of 11 routes #us"

trolley#uses and tram" num#ered as follow@

•Trams @ 1 9

•Trolley#uses@ 6 99

•Buses@ 1 499

•+u#ur#an #uses@ ! !99

•+pecial #uses in case of emergency@ 6

699

•

*,press #uses@ /84 M /8• Eight #uses@ E11 E1-

R'TB has 19 depots where %ehicles do

maintenance and withdrawal at the end of the

program. 8 for #uses" / for trams and 4 for

trolley#uses3

The R'TB fleet holds a %ariety of

%ehicles such as@

• Buses ercedes 2itaro $ 4 -

• Trolley#uses 2itelis 0ris#us

• Trams Bucur C< 2'