Railways in

Romania

764-431 hauls a private charter passenger train on the CFF Moldovița at Gura Timotei.

The first railway in Romania was opened in the Banat area by the Austrian Empire in 1854. The 62.5km standard (1435mm) gauge line ran between Oraviţa and Baziaş and was built primarily for the transport of coal. Subsequent railway development in the country was primarily standard gauge but there were also a number of narrow gauge railways, in particular 760mm gauge railways serving the forestry industry. One of these is still active as a forestry railway, and also runs a tourist passenger service; several others continue to operate as tourist railways.

The present day standard gauge network consists of over 10000 route km. There are trams in various cities and a metro in the capital, Bucureşti.

• CFR the national network (Site in Romanian)
• Astra Trans Carpatic independent passenger train operator (Site in Romanian)
• InterRegional Călători regional passenger train operator in various parts of the country
• Regio Călători regional passenger train operator in various parts of the country (Site in Romanian)
• TFC regional passenger train operator in the Cluj-Napoca area
• CFR Marfă state owned freight operator, formerly part of CFR
• Rofersped freight operator on the national network, majority owned by CFR Marfă
• GFR independent freight operator on the national network
• LTE independent freight operator on the national network
• PSP Cargo independent freight operator on the national network
• Rail Cargo independent freight operator on the national network
• Rail Force independent freight operator on the national network (Site in Romanian)
• RC-CF Trans independent freight operator on the national network and owner / operator of a number of private freight lines (Site in Romanian)
• Transferoviar Grup independent freight operator on the national network
• Unicom Tranzit independent freight operator on the national network
• Unifertrans independent freight operator on the national network
• CFF Vişeu de Sus narrow (760mm) gauge railway in northern Romania. A working logging railway which also operates tourist passenger trains on the section between Vişeu de Sus and Paltin (about 18km), steam hauled or diesel railcars. Operates Thursdays to Sundays throughout the year, daily from may to October (Site in Romanian with autotranslation into English)
• CF Ingusta tourist passenger trains, usually steam hauled, on several narrow (760mm) gauge railways:
  • Câmpeni to Abrud, about 11km. Currently only operating Câmpeni to Cărpiniș. Operates weekends, July to mid September
  • Crișcior to Brad, about 7km. Operates weekends, July to mid September and various days from late November to early January
  • Moldovița to Argel, about 10.5km. Operates most weekends and a few other days throughout the year, daily during school holidays
  All lines may operate private charters in addtion to regular services trains (Site mainly in Romanian with some information in English)
• Mocăniţa Transilvaniei project to reopen the narrow (760mm) gauge railway between Teaca and Râciu (Site in Romanian)
• Sibiu - Agnita Railway Hosman to Cornăţel, about 7km, 760mm gauge. Usually diesel hauled, steam hauled for special events or by prior arrangement. Also pedal powered trolleys on a 2.6km section from Hosman to Fofeldea. Operates most Sundays and various other days throughout the year (Site in Romanian)
• Baia Mare Park Railway children’s railway in Regina Maria municipal park, Baia Mare. About 500m, 760mm gauge, diesel hauled with brightly decorated steam outline locomotive (No website located at present)
• Bucureşti (Bucharest)
  • Metro
  • Trams
• Arad trams (Site in Romanian)
• Brăila trams (Site in Romanian)
• Cluj-Napoca
  • Trams
  • proposed Metro (Site in Romanian)
• Craiova trams (Site in Romanian)
• Galaţi trams (Site in Romanian)
• Iaşi trams (Site in Romanian)
• Oradea trams
• Ploieşti trams (Site in Romanian)
• Reşiţa tramway closed in 2011, proposed for reopening (Site in Romanian, contains no details of tramway)
• Sibiu tourist tramway operating on Sundays or by private charter (Third party website, timetable information may not be entirely reliable)
• Timişoara trams