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.
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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