Classic route
Bucharest–Constanța InterCity
Bucharest → Constanța · Romania
Romania’s fastest domestic run crosses the Danube on Anghel Saligny’s 1895 bridge before new EMUs race on to the Black Sea.
- Distance
- 225 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 07 min
- Average speed
- 106 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGara de Nord +9
- 7 kmBucurești Băneasa
- 109 kmCiulnița
- 146 kmFetești
- 166 kmCernavodă Pod
- 190 kmMedgidia +1
- 224 kmConstanța
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18800585: 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
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 16083
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Bucharest–Constanța InterCity?
The Bucharest–Constanța InterCity runs 225 km from Bucharest to Constanța.
How long does the Bucharest–Constanța InterCity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 07 min for the 225 km. That is an average of 106 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Bucharest–Constanța InterCity?
CFR Călători, with Alstom Coradia Stream EMU.
How old is the Bucharest–Constanța InterCity?
The line has been in service since 1895. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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