Brașov railway station
Gara Brașov | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Căile Ferate Române | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | B-dul Gării, Nr. 1, Brașov, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°39′40.18″N 25°36′48.62″E / 45.6611611°N 25.6135056°ECoordinates: 45°39′40.18″N 25°36′48.62″E / 45.6611611°N 25.6135056°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | CFR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Braşov railway station is the main station in Braşov, Romania. The building on the current location was opened to traffic in 1962. The station's bell chimes preceding the announcements represent a few notes of Ciprian Porumbescu's operetta Crai Nou.
Services
The station is located at a confluence of the main lines in Romania. In 2008, Braşov railway station served about 140 passenger trains to a majority of Romanian cities. Regio Trans stock runs from Braşov station to Făgăraş, Întorsura Buzăului, as well as to Zărneşti, along with state-operated trains from Căile Ferate Române.
The international trains run to Budapest (Hungary) and to Vienna (Austria) on summer and winter. Formerly they also connected with Prague (Czech Republic), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Kraków (Poland). The railway station is served by the many bus lines and also by two trolleybus lines.Prior to 2007,the station was served by a tram line. After 2007 the tram line was replaced by a trolleybus line.
Main lines
- Line 200 : Braşov – Sibiu – Vințu de Jos – Deva – Curtici
- Line 300 : Bucharest – Ploieşti – Braşov – Sighişoara – Teiuş – Cluj-Napoca – Oradea – Episcopia Bihor
- Line 400 : Braşov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Miercurea Ciuc – Deda – Dej – Baia Mare – Satu Mare
Distance from other railway stations
Romania
- Bucureşti Nord: 166 km
- Arad: 453 km
- Cluj-Napoca: 331 km
- Constanţa (via Bucureşti Nord): 391 km
- Craiova: 335 km
- Galaţi: 310 km
- Iaşi: 470 km
- Oradea: 484 km
- Satu Mare (via Cluj Napoca, Baia Mare): 583 km
- Suceava (Burdujeni): 457 km
- Timişoara: 456 km
Europe
- Belgrad: 634 km
- Berlin: 1,733 km
- Budapest: 706 km
- Chişinău: 584 km
- Frankfurt am Main: 1,733 km
- Kiev: 1,241 km
- Sofia: 705 km
- Venice: 1,557 km
- Wien: 978 km