CFR Network Statement2026

           Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A.                                                Romania

B. other applicants in accordance with Law No. 202/2016, which have concluded access agreements. The requests of the foreign RUs, and of the international groups made up of these RUs are accepted in accordance with the law and the international agreements and conventions to which Romania is a party. The allocated train paths are published in the rail service books. The rules for path identification and train numbering on the Romanian railway network are established in the Operational procedure: “Path Identification and Train Numbering on the Romanian Railway Network – section Operational Procedures The path identification and train numbering system mainly ensures: a) the numerical identification of the passenger and freight trains along the entire route; b) facilitating the information of the passengers; c) the supply of information to the railway staff on the characteristics of the trains; d) the possibility of electronic data processing, providing a precise criterion for identifying trains

in all the areas of the railway activity (traffic management, control-command and signalling, hot axle box, passenger notification systems, electronic ticketing, statistics, etc.). CFR is also the allocation body for the non-interoperable sections leased to the managers of non- interoperable railway infrastructure. CFR consults the interested parties with regard to the draft of the working timetable, and these may submit remarks within a month at least. The interested parties are all the parties that have submitted a request for infrastructure capacity as well as the other parties that wish to formulate comments with regard to the influence that the working timetable might have on their capacity of supplying railway services during the working timetable period.

4.3        Reserving Capacity for Temporary Capacity Restrictions

General Principles Within the allocation programme, CFR shall highlight the Infrastructure Capacities necessary for performing the maintenance works (train paths, blank intervals in the working timetable, etc.) in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 202/2016 on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area, as further amended and supplemented, and of the Instruction No. 317 – the Instruction on speed restrictions, line closures and voltage cut- offs, approved by means of OMT No. 417/2004. The list of the sections and stations with capacity restrictions may be found in Annex 19 to the NS.

Deadlines and Information Provided to Applicants

At the deadlines set out in Annex VII to law no. 202/2016 on the integration of the railway system in Romania into the single European railway area, with subsequent amendments, CFR publishes in the Annex 19 the temporary restrictions on the capacity of railway lines that have a duration of more than seven consecutive days and due to which more than 30% of the estimated volume of daily traffic on a railway line is cancelled, re-routed or replaced by other modes of transport. The details of the coordination and consultation process with the applicants, the main operators of the service facilities concerned and the neighbouring infrastructure managers can be found in the RNE guide: https://rne.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019-10-17_TCR_Guidelines_V3.00.pdf

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