New Romanian operator
Carpatica Feroviar begins large recruitment drive
Carpatica Feroviar, the successor to the bankrupt Romanian rail freight operator CFR Marfă, is starting a large recruitment campaign to begin operations.
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CargoBeamer has a new Dutch road-rail connection with Romania
CargoBeamer has launched a new intermodal service linking Venlo in the Netherlands with Oradea in Romania. It’s the company’s first East-West corridor and one of…
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Moldova plans an electrified standard gauge railway to the EU
Moldova is planning to build a new railway to Romania, which would connect the country to the EU’s rail network. The country is betting that…
Many negative trends
Romanian rail freight down 18,5% compared to Q1 2024
The volume of goods on the Romanian railway network has dropped by 18,5% in the first quarter of the year. Besides information about the volume…
New service in Romania
METRANS’ new connection to Arad aims to boost connectivity with Constanta port
Czech rail freight operator METRANS is launching a new intra-Romanian connection. Freight trains will soon be running between the Afluent Arad terminal in the west…
-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…
Romanian rail crisis
CFR Marfă enters insolvency proceedings
Romanian state-owned rail freight operator CFR Marfă is entering insolvency proceedings. The company is severely indebted, with its fate being near-certain: liquidation. Insolvency proceedings are…
expected development
Romanian rail freight industry faced strong headwinds in 2024
Romania’s rail freight sector is facing significant challenges. New data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) reveal a notable downturn in performance during 2024.…
focus on container transport
Romania and Moldova want to reopen a rail bridge closed for 15 years
A railway bridge connecting Romania and Moldova above the River Prut has been closed to traffic for almost 15 years. Moldovan officials recently assessed the…
Expanded services
‘Essential for Asia – Europe trade’: Rail Cargo Group tightens connection to Türkiye
ÖBB’s freight subsidiary Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is expanding its services to Türkiye. RCG calls the country “essential for intermodal trade between Europe and Asia.”
Incompetence and indifference
Romanian rail freight sees business collapse in January’s data
Rail freight in Romania is going through a crisis. Data from national rail operator CFR shows a 30 per cent private business decline in terms…
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…