After more than 3 months since the suspension of train traffic on the Oradea – Cluj route, where electrification and modernization works on four lots are being carried out and prepared, the CFR Călători company announces that it will also be able to transport its passengers by bus.
Two other private railway companies have been doing this since January, as they were able to hire road transport companies without tendering for this purpose.
CFR buses
“Starting from April 1, 2024, the service replacing rail transport with buses will become operational at CFR Călători ensuring passenger travel on the Cluj Napoca – Oradea distance, under the conditions of the start of works on the electrification / modernization of the railway line LOT 2 Aghireș – Poieni by the infrastructure manager – CNCF CFR SA”, CFR Călători announced on Thursday.
According to the press release, after the completion of the tender procedures for contracting the car transport service, CFR Călători will provide this service “both on the entire Cluj Napoca – Oradea distance, as well as on sectors within the section, which will also alternate with passenger rail transport services on the Cluj Napoca – Aghireș and Oradea – Aleșd connections”.
The company also states that “the operation of these services will also be conditioned by the subsequent achievements/communications of CNCF CFR SA”, i.e. of the company that owns and manages the railways.
The schedule of buses that CFR passengers can travel with can be consulted below, with the mention that “the departure/arrival times at the stations along their route, as well as the applied fares can be viewed on www.cfrcalatori.ro, in the Details/Price section, from the train ride module, when searching for trains on the desired route”:
bus IRA 01537 ORADEA (departure 21.55) – CLUJ NAPOCA (arrival 01.45)
bus IRA 01539 CLUJ NAPOCA (departure 04.45) – ORADEA (arrival 08.34)
bus IRA 01841 CLUJ NAPOCA (departure 04.45) – ORADEA (arrival 08.34)
bus IRA 01842 ORADEA (departure 21.55) – CLUJ NAPOCA (arrival 01.45)
bus REA 3008 ORADEA (departure 17.30) – CLUJ NAPOCA (arrival 21.23)
bus REA 3009 CLUJ NAPOCA (departure 13.30) – ORADEA (arrival 17.22)
bus REA 3011 CLUJ NAPOCA (departure 17.55) – ORADEA (arrival 21.48)
bus RA 03621 CLUJ NAPOCA (departure 04.50) – HUEDIN (arrival 06.06)
bus RA 03622 HUEDIN (departure 06.08) – AGHIREȘ (arrival 06.41)
bus RA 03623 AGHIREȘ (departure 08.25) – ALEȘD (arrival 10.52)
bus RA 03626 ALEȘD (departure 08.20) – AGHIREȘ (arrival 10.31)
bus RA 03627 AGHIREȘ (departure 15.35) – HUEDIN (arrival 16.08)
bus RA 03628 HUEDIN (departure 17.05) – AGHIREȘ (arrival 17.38)
bus RA 03629 AGHIREȘ (departure 17.40) – HUEDIN (arrival 18.13)
bus RA 03631 HUEDIN (departure 18.15) – ORADEA (arrival 21.07)
bus RA 03640 ORADEA (departure 02.30) – BRATCA (arrival 04.10)
bus RA 03641 BRATCA (departure 04.25) – ALEȘD (arrival 05.18)
bus RA 03642 ORADEA (departure 03.12) – BRATCA (arrival 04.50)
bus RA 03643 BRATCA (departure 04.55) – ALEȘD (arrival 05.48)
bus RA 03644 ALEȘD (departure 05.52) – BRATCA (arrival 06.44)
bus RA 03645 HUEDIN (departure 14.35) – BRATCA (arrival 15.35)
bus RA 03646 BRATCA (departure 06.47) – HUEDIN (arrival 07.48)
bus RA 03647 BRATCA (departure 15.38) – ALEȘD (arrival 16.31)
bus RA 03648 ALEȘD (departure 15.25) – BRATCA (arrival 16.18)
bus RA 03649 BRATCA (departure 16.27) – ALEȘD (arrival 17.20)
bus RA 03650 ALEȘD (departure 16.35) – CLUJ NAPOCA (arrival 19.50)
bus RA 03651 ALEȘD (departure 17.24) – ORADEA (arrival 18.20)
bus RA 03652 ORADEA (departure 19.30) – BRATCA (arrival 21.20)
bus RA 03654 BRATCA (departure 21.21) – CLUJ NAPOCA (arrival 23.20)
Between Oradea – Alesd, and trains
Considering the fact that train traffic is permanently closed on the Aleșd – Bratca – Huedin – Poieni – Aghireș sector from the Cluj Napoca – Oradea section by CFR SA, no direct trains can be operated between Cluj Napoca and Oradea.
In this context, CFR Călători continues to operate on the sectors on this section on which rail traffic is carried out, such as Cluj Napoca – Aghireș and return and Oradea – Aleșd and returnso:
5 trains between Cluj Napoca and Aghireș
6 trains between Aghireș and Cluj Napoca
5 trains between Oradea and Alesd
5 trains between Alesd and Oradea
From April 1, 2024, in the schedule of trains on the Oradea – Alesd route and back (where it still continues), there are changes to the timetables, as follows:
train Regio 3640 ORADEA (departure 04.45) – ALEȘD (arrival 05.17)
train Regio 3641 ALEȘD (departure 05.30) – ORADEA (arrival 06.19)
train Regio 3642 ORADEA (departure 07.34) – ALEȘD (arrival 08.19)
train Regio 3643 ALEȘD (departure 06.15) – ORADEA (arrival 07.04)
train Regio 3644 ORADEA (departure 10.00) – ALEȘD (arrival 10.45)
train Regio 3645 ALEȘD (departure 08.35) – ORADEA (arrival 09.24)
train Regio 3646 ORADEA (departure 14.30) – ALEȘD (arrival 15.20)
train Regio 3647 ALEȘD (departure 11.00) – ORADEA (arrival 11.49)
train Regio 3648 ORADEA (departure 15.35) – ALEȘD (arrival 16.25)
train Regio 3649 ALEȘD (departure 17.45) – ORADEA (arrival 18.34)
Information about train movements can be obtained:
– by phone 0219521 – INFO CFR (internal traffic).
– to the telephone numbers of the CFR stations published on www.cfrcalatori.ro in the TELEPHONE INFORMATION section – https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/informatii-telefonice/
– in the MY TRAIN application (https://bilete.cfrcalatori.ro/ro-RO/Itineraries), enter the exact number of the train in the indicated box and click on Train information. Get real-time information about stops, delays, waiting minutes at the next station and estimated time of arrival.
– on the company website www.cfr.ro the web cameras in Bucharest Nord, Henri Coandă Airport, Timișoara, Craiova, Brașov, Iași, Cluj Napoca and Constanța stations are functional and permanently updated, indicating the arrival/departure time of trains.
– on site www.cfrcalatori.roto Mers train domestic traffic.
– from the station staff.
Privates, more prompt
It should be noted that two other railway companies operating on the Oradea – Cluj route, namely Interregional Călători and Transferoviar Călători, both private, have replaced trains with coaches since the beginning of the year, in January.
Interregional Călători offers transport that replaces trains departing from Oradea 10653 (departing at 7.30 from Oradea – arriving at 11.55 in Cluj-Napoca), 10658 (departing at 14.30 – arriving at 18.55) and those departing from Cluj-Napoca 10653 (from at 7.30 – arrival at 11.55 in Oradea) and 10659 (departure at 13 – arrival at 17.25 in Oradea).
The coaches provided by Transferoviar Călători replace trains departing from Oradea with the numbers 10032 (departure at 4 a.m. – arrival at 8.25 a.m. in Cluj-Napoca), 10034 (departure at 12 p.m. – arrival at 4.25 p.m.), 10036 (departure at 3 p.m. – arrival at 7.25 p.m.), 10038 ( departure at 17.10 – arrival at 21.35) and those that depart from Cluj-Napoca and have the numbers 10033 (departure at 7 from Oradea – arrival at 11.25), 10035 (departure at 9 – arrival at 13.25), 10037 (departure at 12.30 – arrival at 16.55) and 10039 (departure at 5 p.m. – arrival at 9:25 p.m.).
The modernization and electrification works on the railway section Cluj Napoca – Oradea – Episcopia Bihor – Hungary border are divided into four lots: lot 1 Cluj Napoca – Aghires (30.41 km), lot 2 Aghires – Poieni (36.53 km) , lot 3 Poieni – Alesd (52.74 km) and lot 4 Alesd – Hungarian Border (46.74 km), and their duration is estimated at at least two years.
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