Classic route
Prahova Valley Railway
Bucharest → Brașov · Romania
- Distance
- 166 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 66 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- CFR Călători
- Train
- Loco-hauled InterRegio
- Countries
- Romania
- In service since
- 1879
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Climbs the Prahova gorge past Peleș Castle at Sinaia to Predeal, Romania’s highest station at 1,032 m, under the Bucegi’s 2,500 m walls.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3432780 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: CFR Călători — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in RO) ↗
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