Classic route
Pitești–Craiova railway
Pitești → Craiova · Romania
- Distance
- 142 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 50 min
- Average speed
- 50 km/h
- Operator
- CFR Călători ↗
- Train
- CFR Călători regional
- Countries
- Romania
- In service since
- 1878
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Opened on 9 May 1878, six years after the line from Bucharest had reached Pitești, and still an unelectrified single track running west across the Olt to Craiova.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 13536487 — 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 under 100 m from the shape of R 9263
How long is the Pitești–Craiova railway?
The Pitești–Craiova railway runs 142 km from Pitești to Craiova.
How long does the Pitești–Craiova railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 50 min for the 142 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Pitești–Craiova railway?
CFR Călători.
How old is the Pitești–Craiova railway?
The line has been in service since 1878. 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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