{"id":7799,"date":"2025-11-20T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:00:35","slug":"train-ticket-prices-to-rise-in-romania-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7799","title":{"rendered":"Train ticket prices to rise in Romania in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Train ticket prices will rise by nearly 10% starting December 14, when the new 2025\u20132026 railway timetable comes into effect in Romania, officials confirmed on Wednesday, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/economic\/2025\/11\/19\/biletele-de-tren-se-vor-scumpi-cu-aproape-10-de-la-jumatatea-lunii-decembrie--1504274\" target=\"_blank\">Agerpres<\/a>. The increase of 9.88% reflects the annual inflation index published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), in line with legal provisions.<\/p>\n<p>CFR C\u0103l\u0103tori director general Traian Preoteasa said the update is an inflation-linked adjustment and not an additional fare hike. In an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfrcalatori.ro\/comunicate\/precizare-privind-majorarea-tarifelor-biletelor-de-tren\/\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a>, the passenger transport operator reiterated that the Railway Reform Authority (ARF) adjusts rail ticket prices annually based on the inflation rate established each October.<\/p>\n<p>According to Agerpres, representatives of ARF said operators will apply the 9.88% indexation set out in the October 13 INS bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>Train fares were last updated for inflation in December 2024, rising by 4.6%, and increased again in July 2025 following the VAT hike from 19% to 21%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/George Calin)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Train ticket prices will rise by nearly 10% starting December 14, when the new 2025\u20132026 railway timetable comes into effect in Romania, officials confirmed on Wednesday, as reported by Agerpres. The increase of 9.88% reflects the annual inflation index published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), in line with legal provisions. CFR C\u0103l\u0103tori director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}