Classic route
InterRegio Timișoara
Bucharest → Timișoara · Romania
Follows the Danube past the Iron Gates gorge, then climbs to Timișoara, the Banat city where Romania’s 1989 revolution ignited.
- Distance
- 533 km
- Fastest time
- 8 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 63 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGara de Nord +9
- 51 kmVidele +1
- 100 kmRoșiori Nord +1
- 155 kmCaracal +1
- 208 kmCraiova +4
- 244 kmFiliași +2
- 270 kmStrehaia halta +1
- 303 kmBalota +1
- 321 kmDrobeta Turnu Severin +1
- 345 kmOrsova +1
- 363 kmBăile Herculane +1
- 433 kmCaransebeș +1
- 473 kmLugoj +2
- 531 kmTimișoara Nord +2
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 16228089: 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 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 16099
- 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 Timișoara?
The InterRegio Timișoara runs 533 km from Bucharest to Timișoara.
How long does the InterRegio Timișoara take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 8 h 30 min for the 533 km. That is an average of 63 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the InterRegio Timișoara?
CFR Călători, with CFR IR coaches.
How old is the InterRegio Timișoara?
The line has been in service since 1879. 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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