Classic route
Craiova–Calafat railway
Calafat → Craiova · Romania
- Distance
- 107 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 31 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- CFR Călători
- Train
- CFR regional
- Countries
- Romania
- In service since
- 1890
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
A secondary single line down to the Danube, largely unelectrified, that found new purpose when the Calafat–Vidin bridge opened the way into Bulgaria.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6762473 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 9132 (Zug-Nr. 9132)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in RO) ↗
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