Train tickets have become more expensive “by six” by approximately 10%, he writes Railway Club. On Monday evening, there were still old tariffs, on Tuesday morning new ones appeared. Neither the Ministry of Transport, nor the state railway operator CFR Călători, nor the private operators have officially announced anything.
Tickets rose in price by an average of 8.8%. “Tariffs are updated in accordance with the legislation with the inflation index registered in October of this year. The obtained values are rounded to the nearest value of 50 bani and 1 lei,” said Club Feroviar President of the Railway Reform Office Stefan Rosianu.
A Regio train ticket for a distance of 50-60 km costs 10 lei, compared to 9 lei. Intercity ticket Bucharest – Brasov costs 73 lei instead of 64 lei.
After the increase, the price of a 2nd class train ticket Bucharest-Constanța in Interregio costs 78.5 lei, on the route Bucharest-Nord-Brasov – 64.5 lei, on the route Bucharest-Nord – Suceava – 118.5 lei, and on the route Bucharest-Northern Arad — 145 lei.
Last Friday, SNTFC CFR Călători published a press release announcing the Train Running 2023-2024 news, but it did not mention anything about the increase in train ticket prices that came “bundled” with the new timetable. This is the latest statement posted on the operator’s website, while no information about tariff increases has been made public. Private railway passenger carriers did the same.
The last tariff increase was on July 1, 2022 by 20%.
Source: Hot News
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