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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 ...
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]
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 ...
The first railway line on Romania's present-day territory was opened on 20 August 1854 and ran between Oravița in Banat and Baziaș, a port on the Danube.The line, which had a length of 62.5 km (38.8 mi), was used solely for the transportation of coal.
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 ...
This is an incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and in the past. In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities.
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]
Public channel 24 Prima TV Iași Prima TV: 2008 Affiliated station 28 Tele M: None 1991 Local news channel 36 Antena 1 Iași Antena 1: 2006 Affiliated station 38 TV Bit: None 2000 Local news channel 44 Național TV Iași Național TV: 2006 Affiliated station 48, 51 Pro TV Iași Pro TV: 1999 Affiliated station 54 Iași TV Life: None 2009 Local ...