Night train route
Prietenia
Chișinău → Bucharest · Moldova · Romania
Overnight Friendship sleeper whose coaches are jacked up for a bogie swap at Ungheni. Soviet 1,520 mm broad gauge to European standard.
Stations
- 0 kmChișinău
- 107 kmUngheni
- 109 kmUngheni-Prut
- 288 kmBacău
- 391 kmFocșani
- 429 kmRâmnicu Sărat
- 462 kmBuzău
- 530 kmPloiești Sud
- 590 kmGara de Nord
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7087293 — 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 6 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 401
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Prietenia?
The Prietenia runs 592 km from Chișinău to Bucharest. It runs through Moldova and Romania.
How long does the Prietenia take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 13 h for the 592 km. That is an average of 46 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Prietenia?
CFM and CFR Călători, with CFM/CFR sleeper coaches.
How old is the Prietenia?
The line has been in service since 2002. 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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