Classic route

Medgidia–Tulcea railway

Tulcea → Medgidia · Romania

Distance: 143 km
Fastest time: 3 h 14 min
Average speed: 44 km/h
Operator: CFR Călători ↗
Train: R 8654
Countries: Romania
In service since: 1938

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Begun in 1911, stopped by the war, opened to Babadag on 1 October 1925 and finished on 25 March 1938, when Tulcea, the last county town in Romania without a railway, got its first train.

How this line was checked

Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18324212 — 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 8654
Wikipedia has an article for this line

How long is the Medgidia–Tulcea railway?

The Medgidia–Tulcea railway runs 143 km from Tulcea to Medgidia.

How long does the Medgidia–Tulcea railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 14 min for the 143 km. That is an average of 44 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Medgidia–Tulcea railway?

CFR Călători, with R 8654.

How old is the Medgidia–Tulcea railway?

The line has been in service since 1938. 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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