Trains in Romania

	Trains in Romania
	$1=26,000Lei, 1 Jan 3, 2001

There are many trains are running in Romania connection most of the major cities. The trains are cheap and operating as schedules. There are a few types of the trains, (P)Personal, (A)Accelerat, (R)Rapid, IC(Intercity) and (EC)Eurocity
Peronals are too slow for long distance and the carriages are very bad. Accelerate trains are cheap and Rapid and IC/EC are very expensive. However the fare difference does not reflect the speed of the train. For budget travelers, use Accelerate train is the best choice. You need to have a reservation except personal. You can pay the reservation but unless you get a good conductor, the fare will be quite high. If you happen to get on the train without reservation and asked high price, you may refuse and get off at the next station.
International train holders: You still need a reservation.
The reservation: In generally speaking, unless the train originate from the station you cannot buy the reservation until 1 hour before the departure time. Go to the station early and stay in a queue. If you are going to make a reservation a few days in advance, go to the ticketing agents in town. They might be able to help you.

The fare has been adjusted according to their 20% inflation 3 or 4 times in year so our rate will be out dated at the time you read it. Check the date of our information.

International trains. The train to Croatia or Hungary are very cheap. But if you go some other countries, fare are very expensive. You may go to the border station or stations near the border and buy the international ticket, if your time schedule fits. If you are coming back to Romania, you may buy a return ticket which is valid for 6 months and you can break the journey.
If you are under 26, discount fares are available for certain destination. Some big station has Wasteels office.

Fare
Distance	Personal fare	Accelerate sup	Rapid sup	IC supplyment
10km	4.700	4,700	21.900
20km	6,500
25km	10,000		21,900
30km	10.000		24,200
40km	11,800
50km	14,600		24,200	42,400
60km	17,000		28,200
70km	20,600
75km	24,600		28,200
80km	24,600		33,600
90km	27,100
100km	30,000		33,600	49,300
120km	35,100		38,700
140km	41,700
150km	45,700		38,700	55,100
160km	45,700		46,500
180km	52,600
200km	57,000		46,500	67,500
250km	66,200	4,700	54,600	81,800
300km	74,200	9,400	71,000	138,300
350km	82,300		75,600
400km	89,400		80,300	151,500
500km	105,600		86,500
600km	123,200		96,900	194,300
700km	139,900		106,400
800km	148,100		112,000	215,100
900km	160,000		118,800
1000km	168,100	9,400	123,300	222,500
1000+km	170,000	9,400	123,300	222,500