In 2023, rail transport registered a 5.4% increase in the number of transported passengers and a 6.1% increase in their journey, compared to the previous year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics.On the other hand, the volume of transported goods decreased by 11.5%. 48.867 million tons of goods were transported, of which 79.3% in national transport. The tariff path of goods decreased by 3.3%, with an increase only in national transport, by 1.4%.Significant ratios in the total of transported goods were registered for the divisions: coke, refined petroleum products (23%) and coal and lignite; coal and natural gas (21.1%). Regarding the course of the goods, 29.5% of the total is represented by the coke division, refined petroleum products and 24.5% agricultural, hunting and forestry products; fish and other fishing products.According to the INS, last year the journey of motor vehicles increased by 3.7% compared to 2022, and the average daily journey of passenger cars by 3.2%. The number of loaded wagons entered from abroad (thousand wagons) increased by 2.6% and the average gross weight of freight wagons (tons/train) by 2.3%. The average commercial speed of passenger trains (km/h) increased by 0.6%.In contrast, the average commercial speed of freight trains (km/h) decreased by 13.6%, and the wagons loaded on the C.F.R. network (thousand wagons) were less by 10. The average daily distance of locomotives used for freight transport (km/day) decreased by 3.4%, that of freight wagons by 3.3%, and the average static load of wagons of freight (tons/axle) decreased by 2.4%.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
