CFR Călaturi introduces new trains on the route of Brasov – Bucharest Nord – Constanţa and return

CFR Călatori informs that, starting on Tuesday, on Wednesday, four new trains will run on the Brasov-Bucharest route North Constanta and return.

New trains entered by CFR PHOTO: Adevărul

According to CFR Călaturi, on Tuesday, IR 1883 Bucharest (departure 12:30) – Constanta (arrival 15:03) and IC 536 Constanta (departure 17:30) – Bucharest North (arrival 19: 37/departure 19:54) – Brasov (arrival 22:10).

On Wednesday, IC 538 Brasov (departure 06:58) – Bucharest North (arrival 09: 14/departure 09:29) – Constanta (Arrival 11:36) and IR 1682 Constanta (16:30) – Bucharest (19:00), writes News.

“Depending on the delivery of the rolling stock modernized through the investment program with funds from the PNRR by the Contracting Companies, as well as the provisions of the public service contract concluded by CFR Călatori with the Authority for Railway Reform (ARF), the finalized locomotives and wagons will be distributed. predominantly in the composition of trains IC, without excluding their exploitation on IR trains, on other traffic routes: Arad, Cluj, Iaşi, Craiova, Galaţi, Suceava, Timişoara, etc.”, The company shows.

SNTFC CFR Călaturi SA signed, on December 13, 2023, the financing contract no. 45 of the National Plan of Redress and Resility (PNRR), Pillar 1 – the transition to a green economy, component C4. Sustainable transport, I2 investment – railway rolling material for the investment project “The modernization of 55 electric locomotives for the towing of passenger trains, the conversion of 20 hydraulic diesel locomotives into electric locomotives with batteries and the modernization of 139 passenger wagons ”.

The general objective of the project is the modernization of 55 electric locomotives for towing trains, conversion of 20 hydraulic maneuver locomotives into electric locomotives and modernizing 139 passenger wagons, which will have the effect of increasing the mobility around the large socio-economic centers of the country, as well as the quality of the country, as well as Quick connections between the important administrative-territorial units of the country.