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Căile Ferate Române (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkə.ile feˈrate roˈmɨne]; abbreviated as the CFR) was the state railway carrier of Romania. The company was dissolved on 1 October 1998 by splitting into several successor companies. [1] CFR as an entity existed from 1880, even though the first railway on current Romanian territory was opened ...
CFR main lines. The nine main lines owned by the Romanian national rail transport company Căile Ferate Române represent the most circulated lines in Romania. CFR's entire rail networks has 13,807 km (8,579 mi) and with the 6,923 km (4,302 mi) [1] of rail lines in railway stations has a total network of 20,730 km (12,880 mi).
Push-pull operations on the electrified standard gauge lines are often carried out using locomotives of the Electroputere LE5100 family (or CFR Class 47). DMUs include the X 4500 and X 72500 (both ex SNCF) and CFR Class 96. Previously operating EMUs included the CFR Class TEA. Romania is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).
Grup Feroviar Român, or simply GFR, is the largest private railway company in Romania and one of the largest in South Eastern Europe.Founded in 2001, the company owns freight operations in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Mozambique, and railcar production and maintenance operations in Romania, Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine.
Picture of a group of ASTRA members at Notre Dame Church, Șimleu Silvaniei, August 1908 (published same year in Luceafărul). The Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People (Romanian: Asociația Transilvană pentru Literatura Română și Cultura Poporului Român, ASTRA) is a cultural association founded in 1861 in Sibiu (Hermannstadt).
Ploiești – Brașov railway near Breaza. Line 300 is one of Căile Ferate Române's main lines in Romania, having a total length of 647 kilometres (402 mi). [1] The main line, connecting Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea, passes through Ploiești, Brașov, Sighișoara, Teiuș, and Cluj-Napoca.
Line 800 is one of CFR's main lines in Romania, having a total length of 268 kilometres (167 miles).The main line, connecting Bucharest with the Black Sea coast at Mangalia, passes through Fetești, Medgidia, and Constanța.
On other routes it operates alongside the public railway company CFR (usually with lower frequencies): Brașov–Alba Iulia; Sibiu–Copșa Mică - Sighişoara; Alba Iulia–Cluj-Napoca (never operated) Arad–Ineu–Brad (only section Arad to Sântana is shared with CFR) Regiotrans also have a few long distance trains: Brașov–București Nord