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Grup Feroviar Român, or simply GFR, is the largest private railway company in
*tank ( for gas, Diesel fuel-oil, black oil, raw oil);
*tank ( liquid chemicals, etc.);
*platform ;
*open (Eacs, Eaos);
*specialized for coal (series F);
*specialized for cereals transportation (series U);
*specialized for the transport of bulk chemical fertilizers (series T);
*specialized for the transport of assemblies (series Eakkmos).
Control of
The company also bought in 2006 the largest
Official site
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Romania
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and one of the largest in South Eastern Europe
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. Founded in 2001, the company owns freight operations in Romania
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, Hungary
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, Bulgaria
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, Greece
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Serbia
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, Ukraine
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, Moldova
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, Montenegro
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and Mozambique
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, and railcar production and maintenance operations in Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, Hungary
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, Serbia
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and Ukraine
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. In 2010 GFR operates a park of over 13,500 railroad car
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s and 285 diesel
Diesel may refer to:
* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
and electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or gas ...
s.
In 2013, GFR bought a 51% stake in CFR Marfă, which was the freight division of Căile Ferate Române
Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) is the state railway carrier of Romania. As of 2014, the railway network of Romania consists of , of which (37.4%) are electrified. The total track length is , of which (38.5%) are electrifie ...
. This purchase cost €202 million.
Equipment
Railroad cars
*tank ( for gas, Diesel fuel-oil, black oil, raw oil);
*tank ( liquid chemicals, etc.);
*platform ;
*open (Eacs, Eaos);
*specialized for coal (series F);
*specialized for cereals transportation (series U);
*specialized for the transport of bulk chemical fertilizers (series T);
*specialized for the transport of assemblies (series Eakkmos).
Electric locomotives
*Co'Co' ex-CFR Class 40 *Bo'Bo' ex- CFR Class 43 *Bo'Bo' ex-SNCF
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Class BB 25100/25150/25200
Diesel–electric locomotives (LDE)
*Co'Co' ex-CFR Class 60/62 2,100 hp *1,300 hp *1,250 hpDiesel-hydraulic locomotives (LDH)
*1,250 hp *700 hp *450 hpOther
In July 2007 GFR offered a bid for Hungarian company MÁV Cargo of around US$300 million and thus qualified for the final price offering for the company, from third place just behind Slovak company Speed Trans Consortium and aCyprus
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based fund.Control of
Bulgarian Railway Company A.D. The Bulgarian Railway Company (BRC, bg, Българска железопътна компания АД, translit=Bulgarska zhelezoputna kompaniya AD) is the first privately held railfreight company to obtain a license in Bulgaria.
Control of BRC ...
is shared by five Bulgaria
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n companies and one Romania
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n company, Grup Feroviar Roman Bucharest
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.The company also bought in 2006 the largest
Serbia
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n wagon
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Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...
construction and maintenance company, Zelvoz Smederevo.
See also
*Remar Paşcani
Electroputere VFU (former Remar S.A.) is an industrial engineering and manufacturing company based in Pașcani, Iași County, Romania. The company is a leader in the Romanian spare parts segment.
History
Founded in 1869, as Atelierele C.F.R. ( ...
References
External links
Official site
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