Classic route
Chișinău–Iași Cross-Border
Chișinău → Iași · Moldova · Romania
Chișinău–Iași Cross-Border in pictures
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- Distance
- 130 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 37 km/h
- Top speed
- 80 km/h
- Operator
- Calea Ferată din Moldova
- Train
- CFM D1M railcar
- Countries
- Moldova, Romania
- In service since
- 2021
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
A symbolic cross-Prut service reopened in 2021, switching from Moldova’s broad gauge to Romania’s standard gauge at the Ungheni frontier.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 415831 — 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 0.1 km from the shape of 401
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