Regulation on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity

CFR NETWORK STATEMENT - 2026 ANNEX 18 REGULATION ON THE ALLOCATION OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY FOR 2025/2026 TIMETABLE Validity: 14.12.2025 – 12.12.2026 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 14.01.2026  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România Content 1. Program of railway infrastructure capacity allocation process in internal passenger traffic of national services for timetable .................................................................................................................... 3 2. PROGRAM of the railway infrastructure capacity allocation process in internal freight traffic of national services for the timetable ............................................................................................................. 5 3. PROGRAM of the railway infrastructure capacity allocation process in internal passenger traffic of regional services and urban and suburban services for the timetable ................................................. 6 A. Intrenațional The terms related to the allocation of capacity in international traffic are contained in the RNE Calendar, as follows: o Path Request deadline (14.04.2025) o Draft offer deadline (07.07.2025) o Final offer deadline (25.08.2025) 13.10.2025) o Late Path Request deadline (06.11.2025) o Late Path Request offer deadline 16 februarie 2025 o Last day for feasibility studies requests: 17 martie 2025 o Last day for answering to feasibility studies: 17 March 2025 B. Internal Regulation on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity The regulation for the allocation of the railway infrastructure capacities was approved by the Government Decision 1696 of November 29th, 2006. The program (calendar) of the allocation process can be found in the Annexes to the Regulation . Regarding the calendar of the infrastructure capacity allocation process, we mention that x = December 14th, 2025. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 18 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 14.01.2026 Pag: 2 / 9  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România 1. PROGRAM OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY ALLOCATION PROCESS IN INTERNAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC OF NATIONAL SERVICES FOR TIMETABLE (According to Annex 2.1 to the Regulation) Crt. Term or period Name of work Responsibility Observations No. execution 1 Planificare şi execuţie Submission to AIFP of requests for allocation of infrastructure capacity by each RU for 1.1 13.06.2025 RU The form of Annex 6.1 shall be used interregional passenger trains (1) The following shall be analyzed: - the number of Analysis of applications submitted in accordance with available infrastructure capacities Până la 1.2 A.I.F.P trains per traffic section - how to cover the daily traffic (traffic, parking, manoeuvring) 27.06.2025 period - ensuring the periods for track works 1.3 Joint analysis with RU on the establishment of interregional passenger trains 30.06 - 04.07. 2025 RU + A.I.F.P. All comments regarding the trains paths that do not Effective path establishment of interregional passenger trains and provision to the RU of Până la 1.4 A.I.F.P. fully comply with the RU request shall be the study of paths according to the requests. 14.08. 2025 communicated with the necessary arguments All the observations necessary to complete the 1.5 Firm order of interregional passenger trains submitted by each RU 29.08. 2025 RU operation of the paths establishment shall be submitted Deadline for making changes to interregional passenger trains in path establishment or 1.6 29.08. 2025 O.T.F. changing technical conditions that would influence the establishment of the path Completion of establishing interregional passenger train paths works with graphical 12.09. 2025 A.I.F.P. harmonization of connections with regional trains in each railway junction station. 2 Elaboration and printing of materials necessary for the implementation of the train timetable Preparation and technical editing of the central rail service book of the interregional Până la passenger trains of rank II and III 30.09. 2025 2.1 A.I.F.P. 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Term or period Name of work Responsibility Observations No. execution Deadline for the publication of the central rail service book for interregional passenger 2.2 14.10. 2025 A.I.F.P. trains of rank II and III The mode of transmission shall be made according 2.3 Submission to the RU of all data on interregional passenger trains paths 30.09. 2025 A.I.F.P. to the contract 3 Preparation of technical data necessary for establishing trains paths Receiving the technical data of the rolling stock owned from the railway transport Până la 3.1 RU undertakings 14.05. 2025 Până la 3.2 Calculation of travel times and data exchange with RU which have means of traction RU + A.I.F.P. 13.06. 2025 The communication from the RU of the technological processes specific to each branch: Până la 3.3 RU commercial, traction, wagons 13.06. 2025 RU = railway undertaking; A.I.F.P. = the administrator of the public railway infrastructure; S.R.C.F. = Regional Railway Branch (subunits of A.I.F.P.); (1) Interregional trains are trains that run on several S.R.C.F. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 18 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 14.01.2026 Pag: 4 / 9  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România 2. PROGRAM OF THE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY ALLOCATION PROCESS IN INTERNAL FREIGHT TRAFFIC OF NATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE TIMETABLE ((according to ANNEX 2.2 to the Regulation) Term Crt. Name of work Or period Responsibility Observation No. execution 1 Planning and execution Submission to AIFP of requests for allocation of infrastructure capacity by each RU for 1.1 14.07. 2025 RU The form of Annex 6.2 shall be used interregional freight trains (1) The following shall be analysed : Analysis of applications submitted in accordance with available infrastructure capacities Până la - the number of trains on each traffic section and the 1.2 A.I.F.P (traffic, parking, manoeuvring) 14.08. 2025 traffic statistics in the previous timetable - ensuring the periods for track works.. Trains that have had a monthly degree of use of at 1.3 Joint analysis with RU on the establishment of interregional freight trains 25-29.08. 2025 RU + A.I.F.P. least 30% shall be established The path establishment shall be carried out by each Până la 1.4 Effective path establishment of interregional freight trains S.R.C.F. CREIR on the related network according to a 30.09. 2025 program prepared by AIFP All comments regarding the trains’ paths that do not 1.5 Provision to the RU of the study of paths according to the requests 30.09. 2025 A.I.F.P. fully comply with the RU request shall be communicated with the necessary arguments All the observations necessary to complete the 1.6 Firm order of interregional freight trains submitted by each RU 14.10. 2025 RU operation of the paths establishment shall be submitted Deadline for making changes to interregional freight trains in path establishment or 1.7 14.10. 2025 RU changing technical conditions that would influence the establishment of the path Completion of interregional freight train path establishment works in accordance with 1.8 31.10. 2025 A.I.F.P. other freight trains The mode of transmission shall be made according 1.9 Submission to the RU of all data on interregional freight trains paths 31.10. 2025 A.I.F.P. to the contract RU= Railway Undertaking ; A.I.F.P. = the administrator of the public railway infrastructure ; S.R.C.F. = Regional Railway Branch (subunits of A.I.F.P.) (1) Interregional trains are trains that run on several S.R.C.F. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 18 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 14.01.2026 Pag: 5 / 9  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România 3. PROGRAM OF THE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY ALLOCATION PROCESS IN INTERNAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC OF REGIONAL SERVICES AND URBAN AND SUBURBAN SERVICES FOR THE TIMETABLE ((according to ANNEX 3.1 to the Regulation) Term Crt. Name of the work or period of Responsibility Observation No. executing 1 Planning and execution Applications may also be submitted by regional 1.1 Submission to AIFP of requests for allocation of infrastructure capacity by each RU for 13.06.2025 RU branches of RU if any. The form of Annex 6.1 shall be regional passenger trains (1) used. The following shall be analyzed: - the number of trains Analysis of applications submitted in accordance with available infrastructure capacities Până la 1.2 S.R.C.F. per traffic section - how to cover the daily traffic period (traffic, parking, manoeuvring) 04.07.2025 - ensuring the periods for track works 1.3 Joint analysis with RU on the establishment of regional passenger trains.. RU - S.R.C.F. 07-11.07. 2025