Topic: OPSFPR

Carpatica Feroviar ‘Romania rotates rail assets to circumvent EU state aid decision’

Romania continues to move state assets around in order to evade the consequences of the 2020 illegal state aid decision by the European Union. That…
Voices from the industry Rail freight backs TSI plans of new ERA head: “Finally someone who understands”

Oana Gherghinescu, the new executive director of the European Union Agency for Railways, has expressed her support for a freeze of TSIs for longer periods…
Financial pressure Dutch rail freight still in trouble after parliamentary votes: Here are the numbers.

Parliament in the Netherlands recently voted on two proposals to accommodate rail freight. A motion on 740-metre trains passed, whereas lower infrastructure fees could not…
-20% traffic in three years Romania’s growing rail fees backfire on infrastructure manager

Romania’s rail freight sector has lost 20% of its traffic over the course of the past three years. A big part of the problem concerns…
Freight train crash Private association calls Romanian rail “a veritable lottery with the lives of citizens”

Romania’s private rail employers association OPSFPR has issued a warning after yesterday’s collision of two freight trains. An employee on PIMK Rail’s train passed away…
The Carpatica Feroviar question Rail industry lodges complaint against Romania at EU Commission

The Romanian rail industry has had enough of it. The government’s plan to establish a new state rail freight operator is likely in breach of…
Policy appeal Romanian rail wants a railway advisory council to get back on track

The private Romanian rail sector wants to establish an advisory council to get the country’s rail back on track. The Employers’ Organization of Private Railway…
exclusive ‘Illegal state aid is continuing in Romania’

The situation concerning rail freight in Romania continues to be controversial regarding the transition from soon-to-be bankrupt state-owned operator CFR Marfă to the newly established…
Establishment of Carpatica Feroviar Fear of illegalities remains in Romania’s rail freight relay

The newly founded Carpatica Feroviar (CF) stands to take over from Romania’s soon-to-be bankrupt state rail freight operator CFR Marfă. The takeover plan is mired…
Establishment of Carpatica Feroviar Romania’s controversial plan to save state rail freight

CFR Marfă, Romania’s state-owned rail freight operator, will soon be liquidated following bankruptcy. In its place will now come a new state-owned operator by the…
Interview Romanian ministry ‘receptive’ to rail freight concerns

OPSFPR, the Romanian rail freight association, says that a recent meeting with the transport ministry has yielded some positive results. Rail freight parties took the…