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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 ...
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.
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).
This is a route-map template for Căile Ferate Române Line 900, a main line in Romania.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) brings together 75 railway undertakings and infrastructure companies from the European Union, the candidate countries (North Macedonia and Turkey) as well as from the Western Balkan countries, Norway, and Switzerland.
Another problem is that unlike aviation, where Aviation English is a de facto global standard with few non-English holdouts, rail operations virtually always use the local language, requiring train operators either to be polyglots [36] or necessitating a change of staff at every (language) border.
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.
The English Channel is one of the world's busiest seaways carrying over 400 ships per day [20] between Europe's North Sea and Baltic Sea ports and the rest of the world. As well as its role in freight movement, sea transport is an important part of Europe's energy supply. Europe is one of the world's major oil tanker discharge destinations.