Night trains
Night trains from Bucharest
3 sleeper routes · Romania
3 night trains serve Bucharest in the World Train Map atlas, with sleeper routes to Budapest, Satu Mare, Chișinău. The longest is the EN Ister at 874 km (≈ 16 h); the oldest service on this list has run since 1883. Board in the evening, wake up 874 km closer. Every route below links to its full story and the world railway map.
- EN Ister
Retraces the original 1883 Orient Express alignment through Transylvania’s castles and the Carpathian passes.
Wikipedia (HU) ↗ - IRN Corona
Romania’s classic night loop: asleep through Székely Land and the Maramureș foothills, waking at the far northwestern corner of the country.
- Prietenia
Overnight Friendship sleeper whose coaches are jacked up for a bogie swap at Ungheni. Soviet 1,520 mm broad gauge to European standard.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
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