CFR reintroduces a train that will travel 90 kilometers in 130 minutes

CFR announces the reintroduction after 19 years of the Bucharest Nord – Giurgiu trains, which will take over two hours for 93.2 km.
More precisely, according to the announcement of the National Society of Romanian Railways, the journey will take 130 minutes on the Bucharest Nord – Bucharest Progresu – Giurgiu route.

Between Gara de Nord and Giurgiu, the average speed will be 43 km/h, and between Bucharest Progresu and Giurgiu, the average speed will be 46 km/h. There are still areas where there is work, there are also speed restrictions, and on the direct line there will be no trains with locomotives and wagons, but only self-propelled ones, because the terrain is weak in the Daia area, 8 km from Giurgiu.

One of the slowest international trains in Europe is Bucharest – Ruse, over three hours over 132 km with a Desiro motor between October and June. In summer there are Bulgarian trains (to Varna and Sofia) and a Turkish train (to Istanbul). And in the following years, international trains to Bulgaria will also run through Videle.

Line 102 Bucuresti Nord – Bucuresti Progresu – Giurgiu has never been a fast one. For example, in 2002, three years before the bridge fell, the Bucharest – Giurgiu trains ran non-stop between 90 and 98 minutes. The Bucharest Progresu – Giurgiu trains, which stopped at all 12 stations on the route, took over 90 minutes.

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