Classic route
InterRegio Bucharest–Iași
Bucharest → Iași · Romania
Wallachia to the old Moldavian capital: Romania’s busiest eastern corridor, hours of steppe and vineyards ending in university-city Iași.
How this line was checked
- 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 1661
- 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 InterRegio?
The InterRegio runs 406 km from Bucharest to Iași.
How long does the InterRegio take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 6 h 50 min for the 406 km. That is an average of 59 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the InterRegio?
CFR Călători, with CFR InterRegio.
How old is the InterRegio?
The line has been in service since 1870. 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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