Romanian state-owned railway operator CFR announced on Tuesday, October 21, the cancelling of around 70 trail routes across the country due to debts of RON 100 million (EUR 20 million). The company failed to pay railway usage fees.
Initially, CFR SA announced that 37 trains will be temporarily suspended, only to later increase the figure.
The company stated that, along with the debt issue, additional delays and regulations are affecting operations, including “rest periods for train staff, breaks between successive shifts, maximum allowed service, as well as the inability to ensure the provision of rolling stock at various railway locations and technical inspections.”
However, CFR emphasized that the interruptions are temporary and will only last until the passenger train operator is able to pay its debts in full.
The following train routes are impacted:
From October 20, 2025
Train R 2447: Târgu Mureș – Teiuș
From October 21, 2025
Train R 5031: Bucharest North – Ploiești Sud
Train R 8002: Fetești – Bucharest Obor
Train R 8006: Constanța – Bucharest Obor
Train R 2571: Sibiu – Mediaș
Train R 2566: Mediaș – Sibiu
Train R 2565: Sibiu – Copșa Mică
Train R 3530: Sighișoara – Beia
Train R 3542: Sighișoara – Odorhei
Train R 13544: Sighișoara – Odorhei
Train R 3541: Odorhei – Cristur
Train R 3544: Cristur – Odorhei
Train R 3543: Odorhei – Sighișoara
Train R 3546: Sighișoara – Odorhei
Train R 3545: Odorhei – Cristur
Train R 3548: Cristur – Odorhei
Train R 3547: Odorhei – Sighișoara
Train R 2567: Sibiu – Sighișoara
Train R 4334: Halmeu – Satu Mare
Train R 4337: Satu Mare – Halmeu
Train R 4341: Oradea – Valea lui Mihai
Train R 3123: Arad – Brad
Train R 3125: Arad – Gurahonț
From October 22, 2025
Train R 4340: Valea lui Mihai – Oradea
Train R 3122: Gurahonț – Arad
Train R 3124: Brad – Arad
From October 25, 2025
Train R 2572: Sighișoara – Sibiu
Train R 2569: Sibiu – Mediaș (only on Saturdays)
Train R 5433: Bacău – Suceava Nord (canceled on the Pașcani – Suceava Nord section)
Regio trains suspended from October 21, 2025, 00:01
R 5431, R 5432: Bacău – Suceava Nord and return
R 5539, R 5540: Pașcani – Suceava Nord and return
R 5568, R 5570: Botoșani – Suceava Nord and return
R 7035, R 7038 (from October 25, 2025): Bucharest North – Urziceni and return
R 8003: Bucharest Obor – Fetești
R 8005: Bucharest Obor – Constanța
R 5106, R 5107: Mărășești – Buzău and return
R 5071, R 5072: Brazi – Buzău and return
R 3030: Brașov – Bucharest North
R 3029: Bucharest North Gr. B – Brașov
R 3115, R 3116, R 3117, R 3118: Timișoara Nord – Oradea and return
R 3126, R 3129: Gurahonț – Arad and return
R 3127, R 3128: Arad – Brad and return
R 4105, R 4106: Bistrița Nord – Cluj Napoca and return
R 5002, R 5003, R 5016, R 5017: Buzău – Bucharest North and return
R 4331, R 4338: Oradea – Halmeu and return
R 4332: Satu Mare – Oradea
R 4401, R 4402, R 4405, R 4406: Satu Mare – Halmeu and return
R 4502: Siculeni – Brașov
R 4533, R 4536: Târgu Mureș – Războieni and return
R 2441, R 2443: Târgu Mureș – Sibiu and return
R 2445, R 2447: Teiuș – Târgu Mureș and return
R 2560, R 2561: Mediaș – Sibiu and return
R 2563: Sibiu – Sighișoara
R 2564: Beia Hm – Sibiu
R 2567, R 2568: Sibiu – Sighișoara and return
InterRegio trains suspended from November 7, 2025
IR 1634, IR 1633: Brașov – Bucharest North and return
IR 1661, IR 1662: Bucharest North – Iași and return
IR 1571, IR 1574: Bucharest North – Galați and return
IR 1599, IR 1590: Bucharest North – Drobeta Turnu Severin and return
IR 1531: Timișoara Nord – Baia Mare
IR 1530: Baia Mare – Timișoara Nord (canceled from November 8, 2025)
IR 1532: Satu Mare – Timișoara Nord
IR 1533: Timișoara Nord – Satu Mare (canceled from November 10, 2025)
IR 1537, IR 1539: Timișoara Nord – Oradea and return
IR 1743, IR 1744: Arad – Oradea and return
IR 1745, IR 1746: Târgu Mureș – Cluj Napoca and return
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