12.08.2011

The Romanian Government will continue layoffs in the railway sector next year and will carry on auctions to lease 1,600 kilometers of extended railway, according to a letter of intent agreed with the more

12.07.2011

Romania's government has taken out freight railway operator CFR Marfa from a list of state-owned companies to be run by private managers, while adding two new enterprises, according to the country’s more

11.15.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA signed a 161.94 million lei (EUR37.23 million) contract for the implementation of a European rail traffic management system (ERTMS), in a pilot program on the more

11.11.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR on Friday awarded three lease contracts for railroad segments belonging to the Timisoara, Cluj and Galati branches, with the latter contract going to Grup Feroviar more

11.11.2011

Romania’s state-owned railway company CFR SA has awarded a contract worth 766.92 million lei (EUR176.18 million), net of VAT, to Italian company Impresa Pizzaroti for upgrades on the more

11.09.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA has awarded a contract worth almost EUR250 million, for the upgrade of a 41.2 km rail line from the Hungarian border to the city of Arad, to the consortium more

11.08.2011

Romania’s state-owned railway company CFR SA has awarded a contract worth 1.35 billion lei (EUR317.26 million), net of VAT, to the consortium Swietelsky - Strabag - Alstom - Arcada - Euroconstruct - more

11.02.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA will organize an open outcry auction on November 10 to lease about 1,600 km of the public railroad network to private operators, the company said in a press more

11.01.2011

Romanian state-owned railway company CFR SA received bids from nine consortia and firms to upgrade 12 bridges in Brasov (C), Constanta (SE) and Timisoara (W). more

10.28.2011

Romanian state-owned railway company CFR SA signed a contract with Romanian-French consortium Constructii Erbasu - TIAB - Compania Constructii Feroviare Campulung Moldovenesc, which will upgrade train more

10.27.2011

Railway administrator CFR SA reduced its nine-month loss by 55.05%, to 262.48 million lei, from RON583.92 million, according to a news release issued Thursday. more

10.26.2011

Romanian state-owned railway companies CFR Calatori and CFR Infrastructura will receive state subsidies to pay their debts to electricity suppliers, Bogdan Chiritoiu, president of the competition more

10.24.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA received 11 offers for the upgrade of a 66.2 km-long segment of the Brasov-Simeria line, between Atel (Sibiu county) and Coslariu (Alba county), worth an more

10.20.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA received 11 offers for the upgrade of the Sighisoara-Atel segment of line Coslariu-Sighisoara, part of Pan-European Corridor IV, through a contract estimated at more

10.20.2011

Romanian state-owned railway company CFR SA signed a contract with consortium Arcada Company/Leonhard Wiess Ro/ISAFT Litoral to upgrade a train station in Slobozia Veche, the company said in a press more

10.14.2011

Romanian state-owned railway transporter CFR Marfa on Friday reported a 26% year-on-year rise in its January-August volumes, while operating revenue rose some 18%. more

10.04.2011

Romania's Transport Ministry will penalize the companies modernizing railway line Constanta-Brasov EUR65 million for delays, minister Anca Boagiu said Tuesday. more

09.26.2011

Romania's Defense Council on Monday approved the draft Government Decision green-lighting the first stage of the privatization of national railway company CFR Marfa and mandating the Transport more

09.23.2011

Romania’s state-run passenger railway company CFR Calatori will organize an auction on October 25 to buy brake pads for rolling stock, the company said in a press release Friday. more

09.21.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA has received offers from six consortiums and two companies for the modernization of a 31.5 km segment, between Vintu de Jos and Coslariu, Alba county, through a more

09.15.2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA on Thursday signed a 11.7 million lei (EUR2.72 million) contract with Romanian-German consortium Sfera Expert Construct – Leonhard Wiess – ISAFT for the more

09.15.2011

Romania’s state-owned railway company CFR SA seeks to upgrade three bridges in counties Mures, Ilfov and Prahova, for about 100.74 million lei (EUR23.98 million), net of VAT, according to government more

09.13.2011

Romanian state-owned railway company CFR SA wants to upgrade 12 bridges for 67.26 million lei (about EUR15.7 million), VAT excluded, the company said Tuesday. more

09.10.2011

Romania's Transport Ministry wants to revise the 2011 budget of state railway company CFR SA, reducing its losses to less than half the initial estimate, i.e. to 350 million lei (EUR82 million) from more

09.09.2011

Romania's Transport Ministry will ask the Government to increase the subsidy provided to state-owned railway company CFR Calatori by 34.3% compared to the value approved in April, to 1.37 billion lei more