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The nine main lines owned by the Romanian national rail transport company Căile Ferate Române represent the most circulated lines in Romania. CFR's entire rail networks has 13,807 km (8,579 mi) and with the 6,923 km (4,302 mi)[1] of rail lines in railway stations has a total network of 20,730 km (12,880 mi).
History
editThe first railway line on Romania's present-day territory was opened on August 20, 1854,[2] 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. From January 12, 1855, the line was operated by the Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company, the Banat province being at that time part of the Austrian Empire. After several improvements in the following months, the line was opened to passenger traffic on November 1, 1856.
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Distance | Secondary lines | Map | |
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| Brașov – Podu Olt – Sibiu – Vințu de Jos – Simeria – Arad – Curtici | 500 km | 200A 201 202 203 205 206 207 208 210 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 221 |  |
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| București (north) – Brașov – Sighișoara – Teiuș – Războieni – Cluj Napoca – Oradea | 647 km | 302 304 306 307 308 309 310 311 313 316 317 318 |  |
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| Brașov – Ciceu – Deda – Dej – Baia Mare – Satu Mare | 560 km | 401 402 403 404 405 406 409 412 413 417 418 421 422 423 | 
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| București (north) – Ploiești (south) – Adjud – Bacău – Pașcani – Suceava – Vicșani | 488 km | 501 502 504 507 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 | 
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| Făurei – Tecuci – Bârlad – Crasna – Vaslui – Iași – Ungheni | 395 km | 603 604 605 606 607 608 | 
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| București (north) – Urziceni – Făurei – Brăila – Galați | 229 km | 701 702 703 704 | 
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| București (north) – Ciulnița – Fetești – Medgidia – Constanța – Mangalia | 225 km | 801 802 803 804 | 
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| București (north) – Roșiorii de Vede (north) – Craiova – Filiași – Caransebeș – Timișoara (north) | 533 km | 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 | 
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| București (north) – Ploiești (south) – Ploiești (west) | 59 km | 
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References
edit- ^ "(untitled)" (PDF). CFR.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007.
- ^ "CFR history". CFR.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on June 11, 2005.