Rail Transport In Romania
Rail transport in Romania goes back to the Austrian Empire, when in 1857 the line between Timișoara and Szeged (now Hungary) opened. The first railway line on territory of the Kingdom of Romania opened in 1869. It linked Bucharest and Giurgiu. Electrification of the Romanian railway network was expedited during the 1950s and 1960s while the country was under a communist regime. In 2007, based on data from 2005, the CIA World Factbook listed Romania 23rd of the largest railway networks in the world. the length of the Romanian railway network was . The total length of all tracks was , which made it the fourth largest in Europe, of which (38.5%) were electrified. the total route length was , of which (37.4%) were electrified. However, Romania's railway system is inadequately-connected and one of the least durable railway systems globally. Secretariat of the European Parliament, Directorates-GeneralRomania's general transport master plan and rail system retrieved on 17 Dece ...
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