Grup Feroviar Român, or simply GFR, is the largest private railway company in

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and one of the largest in

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. Founded in 2001, the company owns freight operations in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

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and

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, and railcar production and maintenance operations in

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and

. In 2010 GFR operated a park of over 13,500

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and

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s. In 2013, GFR bought a 51% stake in CFR Marfă, which was the freight division of

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. 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); *covered (series H); *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-

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Class BB 25100/25150/25200 GFR 40 0803

Diesel–electric locomotives (LDE)

*Co'Co' ex-CFR Class 60/62 2,100 hp *1,300 hp *1,250 hp

Diesel-hydraulic locomotives (LDH)

*1,250 hp *700 hp *450 hp

Other

In July 2007 GFR offered a bid for Hungarian company

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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 a

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based fund.
Control of Bulgarian Railway Company A.D. is shared by five

n companies and one

n company, Grup Feroviar Roman

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.
The company also bought in 2006 the largest

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construction and maintenance company, Zelvoz Smederevo.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grup Feroviar Roman Railway companies of Romania Companies based in Bucharest

Equipment

Railroad cars

Electric locomotives

Diesel–electric locomotives (LDE)

Diesel-hydraulic locomotives (LDH)

Other

See also

References

External links