Infrastructure section with congested capacity

der no. 151/24.10.2023, of the Director General of CFR 6 Expected date for end of saturation Date of completion of works 7 Reason for declaring the congested capacity Decrease in circulation capacity due to infrastructure rehabilitation works 8 Capacity after the declaration as congested capacity Passenger: 29 pairs of trains infrastructure Freight: 10 pairs of trains 9 Number of the RUs’ path requests for the congested Passenger: 29 pairs of trains infrastructure section at the time of declaration Freight: 65 pairs of trains CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 21 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 08.01.2026 Pag: 11 / 15  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România 10 Priority criteria regarding the allocation of infrastructure They are established by Order of the capacity during the congestion period Minister of Transport and Infrastructure 11 Infrastructure capacity enhancement plan (Art 51 of the Line rehabilitation works Law no. 202/2016) 12 Estimated capacity after the application of the Passenger: 50 pairs of trains infrastructure capacity enhancement plan and the cease Freight: 100 pairs of trains of the declaration as congested infrastructure G.3 Additional priority criteria for the allocation of infrastructure capacity on the sections with congested capacity infrastructure (art.47(3) of the 202/2016 Low) The priority criteria that applied for the operational allocation of infrastructure capacities during the period of declaring the Lugoj – Timisoara - Arad section as infrastructure with saturated capacity are established by MTI Order no. 1165/2012 presented in Annex 22 to the of the Network Statement. H. CARANSEBEȘ – LUGOJ SECTION H.1 Declaration of the Infrastructure Sections with Congested Capacity The rehabilitation works of the Caransebeș – Lugoj railway section will begin in the next period. As during the period of the works the traffic capacity on this section will be significantly limited, and after the coordination of the train paths (in accordance with Article 46 of Law 202/2016) and consultation with applicants it was not possible to satisfy adequately all the requests for infrastructure capacity for the Caransebeș – Lugoj Section, CFR declared - in accordance with the provisions of Article 47 of Law 202/2016 - the Caransebeș – Lugoj infrastructure section to be congested infrastructure, by means of Order No. 183 of 14.11.2024 of the Director General of CFR. H.2 Description of the Sections Declared by CFR to be Congested Infrastructure I.2.1 Caransebeș – Lugoj Section 1 Route name Bucureşti – Craiova – Timişoara – Jimbolia; Timişoara – Arad 2 Route code 100; 218 3 Origin station of the congested infrastructure Caransebeș 4 End station of the congested infrastructure Lugoj 5 Date of the declaration of the congested infrastructure 15 December 2024 and the declaration modality Order No. 183 / 14.11.2024 of the Director General of CFR 6 Estimated date for the end of congestion Date of the work completion 7 Reason of declaring the congested Reduction in the traffic capacity due to infrastructure modernization works 8 Capacity after the declaration of the congested Passenger: 12 pairs of trains infrastructure Freight: 10 pairs of trains CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 21 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 08.01.2026 Pag: 12 / 15  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România 9 Number of path requests from the RU for the Passenger: 12 pairs of trains congested infrastructure section at the time of Freight: 50 pairs of trains declaration 10 Priority criteria regarding the allocation of They are set down by means of the Order infrastructure capacity during the congestion period of the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure 11 Infrastructure capacity enhancement plan (Article 51 of Line rehabilitation works Law 202/2016 12 Expected capacity after the implementation of the Passenger: 50 pairs of trains infrastructure capacity enhancement plan, and removal Freight: 100 pairs of trains of the declaration of saturated infrastructure H.3 Additional Priority Criteria for the Allocation of Infrastructure Capacity on the Sections with Congested Infrastructure. (Article 47(3) of Law 202/2016) The priority criteria that apply to the operational allocation of infrastructure capacity during the time period of the declaration of the Caransebeș – Lugoj Section as congested infrastructure are set down in the Order of the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure no. 1165/2012 presented in Annex 22 to the Network Statement. I. BUCHAREST NORTH STATION GR. A I.1 Declaration of infrastructure sections with saturated capacity For the 2025/2026 timetable, passenger railway operators were requested to have a significantly higher number of trains than the current timetable, arriving/departing from the Bucharest Nord Gr. A station and which significantly exceed the capacity of the Bucharest Nord Gr. A station. After coordinating the paths (cf. art. 46 of Law 202/2016) and after consulting the applicants, it was found that the favorable satisfaction of all requests for infrastructure capacities is impossible. In this regard, in accordance with the provisions of art. 47 of Law 202/2016, CFR, through Provision no. 110 of 11.09.2025 of the General Director of CFR, declared the Bucharest Nord Gr. A station as infrastructure with saturated capacity in the time intervals 07.00 ÷ 09.00 and 16.00 ÷ 20.00. I 1.1 Bucharest North Station Gr. A Bucharest North Gr. A 1 Bus/station name in the time intervals 07.00 ÷ 09.00 and 16.00 ÷ 20.00 2 Bus code This is not the case The starting station of the infrastructure with saturated 3 This is not the case capacity End stations of the infrastructure with saturated 4 This is not the case capacity CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 21 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 08.01.2026 Pag: 13 / 15  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România December 14, 2025 Date of declaration of infrastructure with saturated 5 Disposition no. 110 / 11.09.2025 of the capacity and method of declaration Director General of CFR Date of completion of the implementation 6 Forecasted date for the end of saturation of the capacity improvement plan - - the impossibility of satisfying all requests for infrastructure capacity allocation; - - exceeding the maximum capacity of the Reason for declaring the infrastructure at saturated receiving - sending lines during the two 7 capacity limiting intervals 07.00 - 09.00 and 16.00 - 20.00 (starting with the new 2025/2026 timetable); Theoretical capacity for passenger trains: Interval 07.00 ÷ 09.00 - 45 incoming trains, including empty sets and isolated locomotives; - 44 outgoing trains, including empty sets Capacity after declaring infrastructure at saturated 8 and isolated locomotives; capacity Interval 16.00 ÷ 20.00 - 78 incoming trains, including empty sets and isolated locomotives; - 84 outgoing trains, including empty sets and isolated locomotives Passengers: Interval 07.00 ÷ 09.00 - 55 trains entered, including empty sets and isolated locomotives; - 54 trains departed, including empty sets Number of OTF path requests on the saturated and isolated locomotives; 9 infrastructure section at the time of declaration Interval 16.00 ÷ 20.00 - 94 trains entered, including empty sets and isolated locomotives; - - 102 trains departed, including empty sets and isolated locomotives Priority criteria in the allocation of infrastructure They are established by Order of the 10 capacities during the saturation period Minister of Transport and Infrastructure CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 21 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 08.01.2026 Pag: 14 / 15  Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate “CFR” S.A. România - Feasibility Study "Modernization / Consolidation / Rehabilitation of the Infrastructure capacity improvement plan (art. 51 of Bucharest North Railway Station - Phase II"; 11 Law 202/2016) - Feasibility Study "Modernization of the lines and installations in the Bucharest Railway Complex". Forecasted practical capacity after implementation of To be determined within the feasibility 12 the infrastructure capacity improvement plan and studies lifting of the infrastructure declaration saturate I.2 Additional priority criteria for the allocation of infrastructure capacities in the case of infrastructure sections with saturated capacity. (art.47(3) of Low 202/2016) The priority criteria that apply for the operational allocation of infrastructure capacities during the declaration of the Bucharest North Gr. A station as infrastructure with saturated capacity in the time intervals 07.00 ÷ 09.00 and 16.00 ÷ 20.00 are established by MTI Order no. 1165/2012 presented in Annex 22 to the Network Reference Document. CFR Network Statement - 2026 ANNEX 21 Version: 15.1.0 Update: 08.01.2026 Pag: 15 / 15