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Opened in 1870, the Grand Railway Station first connected Iași to Chernivtsi in Bukovina, Austria-Hungary and, after two years, to Bucharest. The original building designed by Julian Oktawian Zachariewicz-Lwigród [ 1 ] and inspired by the Doge's Palace of the Republic of Venice , is 133.8 metres (439 ft ) long, has 113 rooms and is listed in ...
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. [1] The CER is also a member of the Group of Representative ...
Electrification of the Romanian railway network was expedited during the 1950s and 1960s while the country was under a communist regime. In 2007, based on data from 2005, the CIA World Factbook listed Romania 23rd of the largest railway networks in the world. [5] As of 2009, the length of the Romanian railway network was 10,788 km (6,703 mi). [6]
Railway network of Romania. 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]
Europe was the epicenter of rail transport and has today one of the densest networks (an average of 46 km (29 mi) for every 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) in the EU as of 2013). [10] Because of its history, European railway systems often differ between countries regarding their main line track gauges , loading gauges , electrification systems and ...
Swiss BLS BLS Re4 class electric locomotive. Austria Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn (GKB); Salzburger Lokalbahn (SLB); Steiermärkische Landesbahnen (STLB); Zillertalbahn (ZB); Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút (GySEV) – Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurth-Eisebahnen (ROeEE)
A few Dutch railway stations are served, even for journeys within the country, by foreign railway companies under the responsibility of NS. These companies are: DB Regio, including DB Regionalbahn Westfalen and DB Euregiobahn; Prignitzer Eisenbahn, part of Arriva Germany; Abellio Rail NRW; National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB)
1870 – Iași railway station opens. 1884 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași founded. [11] 1887 – Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated. 1888 – 17 February: Copou Theatre burns down. 1896 – Iași National Theatre building constructed. 1900 Electric Trams in Iași begin operating. Population: 78,067. [2]