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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 ...
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. The section between Bucharest and Ploiești is shared with CFR line 500.
International passenger services exists between Bucharest and Kyiv (and onwards to Moscow) via Vicșani (operated by CFR, with UZ and RZD cars) and between Sighetu Marmației and Teresva (operated by UZ). Crossings are not electrified. Moldova – Break-of-gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)/ 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in).
Services restarted on certain routes on 1 April 2015, the company apparently having obtained the safety certificates following a fast track procedure ("în regim de urgență"). Further re-openings were effected in mid/late April 2015 (for example Ineu – Cermei ), several routes, however, remain closed, following changes in the subsidy ...
There are five pairs of direct trains that run daily on the Bucharest North–Timișoara route; four of those trains belong to the state railway operator CFR Călători and one to the private operator Astra Trans Carpatic . The journey takes between 9 hours and 49 minutes and 10 hours and 9 minutes.
This is a route-map template for Căile Ferate Române Line 300, a main line in Romania.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
[1] This railway line was upgraded and since July 2014 trains can run on most distance with a speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) for passenger trains, [ 2 ] and 120 km/h (75 mph) for freight trains. The fastest passenger trains can cover the distance of 225 km (140 mi) between Bucharest and Constanța in less than two hours.
The diesel electric locomotives employed by CFR and built by Electroputere Craiova are known as classes 60 to 68 and originally registered under the series 060-DA. They were based on a design created by SLM Winterthur, BBC Baden and Sulzer Winterthur and bears, externally, resemblance to AE 6/6 Swiss electric locomotives. [1]