Night train route
IRN Corona
Bucharest → Satu Mare · Romania
Romania’s classic night loop: asleep through Székely Land and the Maramureș foothills, waking at the far northwestern corner of the country.
- Distance
- 684 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 14 h
- Average speed
- 49 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h

Stations
- 0 kmGara de Nord +9
- 59 kmPloiești Vest +2
- 78 kmFlorești Prahova +1
- 92 kmCâmpina +2
- 121 kmSinaia +2
- 128 kmBușteni +2
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- 132 kmAzuga +2
- 140 kmPredeal +2
- 165 kmBrașov +4
- 196 kmSfântu Gheorghe
- 230 kmBăile Tușnad Hm
- 258 kmMiercurea Ciuc
- 267 kmSiculeni
- 284 kmIzvoru Oltului
- 294 kmIzvoru Mureșului
- 313 kmGheorghieni
- 346 kmToplița
- 390 kmDeda
- 436 kmSărățel
- 461 kmBeclean pe Someș +1
- 484 kmDej Călători +1
- 559 kmJibou
- 585 kmUlmeni Sălaj
- 616 kmBaia Mare
- 642 kmSeini
- 656 kmMedieșu Aurit
- 677 kmSatu Mare
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the D 1641 on 12 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. 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 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 17005213 (130 km), relation 11034312 (513 km), 643 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 17 m); the longest stretch away from it is 5.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of D 1641
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the IRN Corona?
The IRN Corona runs 684 km from Bucharest to Satu Mare.
How long does the IRN Corona take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 14 h for the 684 km. That is an average of 49 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the IRN Corona?
CFR Călători, with CFR sleeper.
How old is the IRN Corona?
The line has been in service since 1909. 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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