Hitachi Rail has commissioned a new generation of electronic interlocking at Ciulnița and Fetești stations in Romania. The two sites are the first on the country’s rail network to use the new ESTW/IXL L90 RO system, replacing technology that has been in service for more than 20 years.
No signs, no logic, and platforms as wide as a bench. Deep beneath Bucharest lies a metro system so confusing…
Alstom has signed a contract to modernise a 44-kilometre section of Romania’s Craiova–Caransebeș railway…
On Friday, a maritime drone connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exploded in Romania’s Port of Constanța…
In January 1917, a crowded train in wartime Romania never reached its destination. What followed remains…
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has announced new TransFER connections for single wagonload and intermodal traffic linking Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands.
On Halloween, Romania’s spookiest legends step out after dark, but it’s the daytime rails that do the heavy lifting. As crowds descend on Dracula’s Castle,…
Romania’s oldest railway is getting a full, modern refit. Alstom will equip the 93.45 km Bucharest–Giurgiu corridor with ERTMS Level 2 and electrification,…
Forget endless traffic and packed buses — Cluj-Napoca’s EUR 250 million rail project is laying down something better. With modern trains, new stations,…
After 15 years of silence, the Falciu-Cantemir rail bridge is returning to life. With dual-gauge tracks, EU-backed financing, and Moldova’s westward pivot,…
One of the world’s deadliest railway disasters, the 1917 Ciurea catastrophe in Romania, remains shrouded in mystery, with 800-1,000 lives lost and no official…
The battle over Romania’s rail freight sector has escalated, with the Association of Romanian Private Rail Freight Operators (OPSFPR) filing a formal complaint…
Alstom and the Romanian Railway Reform Authority (ARF) have launched the first Coradia Stream regional train in Romania, beginning a new chapter in the…
Alstom has delivered a Next Generation driving simulator to Metrorex, the operator of the Bucharest metro system, as part of its rolling stock contract…
The Romanian state-owned rail freight operator CFR Marfă is set to be liquidated in March 2025, as a new company, Carpatica Feroviar, will take over its…