​CFR Călători will bring back Intercity trains in Romania after an eight-year hiatus, although these are not new carriages and the infrastructure is suffering, so there will also be long distances below 60 km/h. How much will the tickets cost for Intercity trains that will run from December 12? On average, 30% more than IR trains: for example, Bucharest – Iasi 130 lei, Brasov – Constanta 110 lei.

Intercity trains to Transylvania and the western border

IC 531 Bucharest – Cluj, 497 kmoutbound 8 hours 29 minutes, return 8 hours 41 minutes, average speed 57-58 km/h.

– Stops in Ploiești Vest, Brașov and Teiuș

IC 531 Bucharest North (13.20) – Cluj (21.49)

IC 532 Cluj (8.10) – North Bucharest (16.51)

– Bucharest – Cluj ticket price is 130 lei for class 2 and 186 for class 1. In IR trains the price is 99 lei for class 2.

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IC 531/521

Bucharest North – Arad, 626 kmoutbound 10 hours 17 minutes, return 10 hours 32 minutes, average speed 59 km/h.

– Stops in Ploiesti West, Brasov, Tejus, Alba Iulia, Deva.

From train IC 531, these cars leave for Teyush and go to Arad.

IC 521: North Bucharest (13.20) – Arad (23.37)

IC 522 Arad (6.19) – North Bucharest (16.51)

Price Bucharest – Arad, 164 lei for 2nd class and 213 lei for 1st class

For IR trains, the price is 120 lei.

The longest distance that Romanian passenger trains will cover non-stop in 2023 will be Brasov – Tejus, 229 km, 4 hours 10 minutes with an average speed of only 54 km/h. Train IC 531 and its pair will be the only ones that will not stop between the two cities, and the ticket price will be 83 lei. There are restrictions and works between Brasov and Sighisoara, the average speed is 42 km/h. From Sighisoara to Tejus, the average speed is 89 km/h (recently modernized section).

On the RE train, which takes 40 minutes longer, the price is less than half (39 lei vs. 83 lei).

There are no IC trains from Bucharest to Timisoara, because the fastest IR trains take 9 hours 46 minutes for 533 km, highway 100 is in a miserable state (lots of speed restrictions, urgent repair).

From Brasov to Bucharest, a ticket costs 68 lei, compared to 53 lei for IR trains. Two Intercity trains per day run between the two cities and take between 2 hours 13 minutes and 2 hours 18 minutes, stopping only at Ploiești Vest.

Intercity train to Constanta

Brasov – Constanta, 391 km4 and a half hours, average speed 87 km/h, Tomis Express train

IC 538 Brasov (9.30) – Constanta (11.30)

IC 536 Constanta (17.20) – Brasov (21.50)

– Stops in western Ploiesti and northern Bucharest

– The price for 2nd class is 110 lei, and for 1st class is 160 lei. On IR trains, a cl 2 ticket costs 87 lei.

A ticket costs 83 lei from Bucharest to Constanța for class 2 and 117 lei for class 1. In IR trains, the price is 65 lei.

Intercity trains to Moldova

Bucharest – Suceava, 447 km, 5 hours 39 minutes for the departure and 5 hours 42 minutes for the return trip. The average speed is 78 km/h

– Stops in Ploiești Sud, Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Pascani

– In Pashkan, a group of wagons leaves for Iasi

IC 551 Bucharest North (17.23) – Suceava (23.02)

IC 552 Suceava (5.45) – Bucharest North (11.27)

– The price of the ticket is 130 lei for the 2nd class and 186 lei for the 1st class. In IR the price is 99 lei

Bucharest – Iasi, 462 km, 6 hours 5 minutes for the departure and 6 hours 10 minutes for the return trip Average speed 72 km/h.

– Stops in Ploiești Sud, Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Pascani.

– The ticket price is 130 lei for 2nd class and 186 lei for 1st class.

IR 551/562: Bucharest North (17.23) – Iasi (23.28)

IC 561/552 Iasi (5.17) – North Bucharest (11.27).