Romania’s stations without trains: how many trains stop at every station, 2014–2026

#About as many trains, 95 fewer stations

The number of trains has stayed almost the same; the number of places they stop has fallen. On an ordinary Wednesday in 2014 passenger trains stopped at 1,759 stations and halts; in 2026, at 1,664. A Wednesday has 4.4% more trains, a Saturday three fewer (1,543 then, 1,540 now), and a Wednesday in July 1,843 against 1,673. The number of stations with stops falls on all three days.

All operators. The 2026 stations include the six stops on Timișoara–Jimbolia (one, Checea Sat, did not exist in 2014), whose trains are missing from the public file; their trains are not added to the 2026 total.

Trains have gathered at the big stations. The 50 busiest stations had 13.4% of all stops in 2014 and 17.4% in 2026. Of the 1,576 stations with trains in both years, 853 now have fewer, 493 more and 230 the same; 198 have half as many or fewer. Stations with at most two trains a day rose from 16 to 42.

#92 towns and communes have no station with trains left

In 2014 at least one passenger train stopped in 1,022 of Romania’s communes and towns. In 92 of them no train stops in 2026, at any station inside their boundaries: 17 towns and 75 rural communes, home to 454,457 people (2021 census).

The largest is Hunedoara, a city of more than 50,000, without trains since 2018. The distance runs from the town’s main station to the nearest station that still has trains, as the crow flies.

#Why they lost their trains

On 1,090 km of track that had passenger trains in 2014, the 2025–26 timetable has none. The count leaves out rebuilt lines and Timișoara–Jimbolia, whose trains are missing only from the data.

Most stations (94) are on lines that an operator, private or state-owned, walked away from: Regiotrans after losing its safety certificate in March 2015, the state operator CFR Călători in 2018 on Simeria–Hunedoara, Șibot–Cugir and Alexandria–Zimnicea, Interregional in 2020 on the lines around Holod. For 58 stations no published explanation was found; the page says so for each one.

• Operator pulled outCiumeghiu–Holod–Beiuș–Vașcău

  24 stations · 101 km · last trains: 2019–20

  Interregional Călători pulled out on 1 January 2020. CFR Călători did not take the line over, citing falling traffic and a lack of rolling stock.

  Holod, Ginta h., Căpâlna hc., Suplacu de Tinca h., Șoimi hc., Urviș h., Borz hc., Uilacu Beiuș hc., Ioaniș Hm., Finiș hc., Beiuș, Tărcaia h., Sudrigiu Hm., Rieni Bihor hc. …

  HotNews, 3 Feb 2021 · CFR, history and daily life

• Line rebuiltArad–Simeria, the rebuilt line

  8 stations · 77 km · last trains: 2024–25

  On the rebuilt Arad–Simeria corridor new sections and stops were built (Bârzava Nouă, Lalașinț, opened in 2025). The old halts on the replaced route no longer appear in the timetable; between Deva and Simeria the 2025–26 trains have no intermediate stop. No source says whether the halts will return.

  Săulești h., Toc h., Valea Mureșului h., Bătuța Hm., Căpruța h., Bârzava, Nadăș h., Corfeni h.

  Puterea, 18 Jul 2025 · CFR SA, project status

• Operator pulled outBerzovia–Oravița

  10 stations · 59 km · last trains: 2018–19

  The private operator announced it would stop running Berzovia–Oravița from 1 April 2019. Oravița now has only the trains to Anina.

  Fizeș hc., Tirol hc., Doclin hc., Surduc Banat Hm., Forotic hc., Comorâște h., Grădinari Caraș, Greoni h., Ticvanu Mic h., Agadici h.

  Agerpres, 31 Mar 2019

• Operator pulled outAlexandria–Zimnicea

  7 stations · 42 km · last trains: 2017–18

  CFR Călători cancelled the trains on this route in spring 2018.

  Alexandria Sud h., Țigănești h., Brânceni h., Smârdioasa h., Păuleasa h., Șoimu h., Zimnicea

  HotNews, 3 Feb 2021

• Operator pulled outDolhasca–Fălticeni

  5 stations · 26 km · last trains: 2014–15

  The last passenger train left Fălticeni on 17 March 2015, when Regiotrans lost the right to run its railcars. Nobody took the line over.

  Vămeni hc., Dolhești h., Arghira hc., Preotești h., Fălticeni hcv.

  Monitorul de Suceava, 18 Mar 2023 · HotNews, 2 Feb 2025

• Operator pulled outRoșiori–Costești

  9 stations · 77 km · last trains: 2018–19

  Transferoviar Călători took over the line in 2017 and then announced it was leaving: it did not bring in enough to cover its costs. HotNews gives March 2018; the 2018–19 timetable still has trains here.

  Balaci Hm., Surdulești h., Miroși, Drăcșenei h., Beuca h., Zâmbreasca h., Beuca Sat h., Colț h., Papa h.

  HotNews, 3 Feb 2021 · HotNews, 2 Feb 2025

• Operator pulled outSimeria–Hunedoara

  4 stations · 16 km · last trains: 2017–18

  Regiotrans left in 2015; CFR Călători restarted three pairs of trains in the 2015–16 timetable and withdrew in 2018. Hunedoara station was closed and mothballed in early 2018.

  Bârcea Mare h., Bârcea Mică, Pestișu Mare h., Hunedoara

  HotNews, 3 Feb 2021 · Adevărul, c. 2022

• No reason publishedBuziaș–Gătaia–Jamu Mare

  7 stations · 56 km · last trains: 2014–15

  The last trains are in the 2014–15 timetable. No source found explains why they stopped.

  Șemlacu Mare hc., Ferendia hc., Clopodia hc., Jamu Mare hcv., Nichișoara hc., Tormac h., Șoșdea hc.

• No reason publishedJebel–Ciacova–Giera

  6 stations · 33 km · last trains: 2014–15

  The last trains are in the 2014–15 timetable. No source found explains why they stopped.

  Obădeni h., Ciacova Hm., Ghilad hc., Banloc hc., Livezile Banat hc., Giera hcv.

• Line suspendedBălăușeri–Sovata–Praid

  8 stations · 42 km · last trains: 2020–21

  The line was suspended "temporarily" in 2019 because of unstable ground near Praid and Sovata. Trains stayed on paper, in the planned timetable, until 2020–21.

  Fântânele h., Sângeorgiu de Pădure h., Cioc h., Ghindari h., Chibed h., Sărățeni h., Sovata hcv., Praid

  Punctul, 30 Jul 2026

• No reason publishedRoșiori–Turnu Măgurele

  4 stations · 58 km · last trains: 2018–19

  The two pairs of trains to Turnu Măgurele were dropped from the timetable from 15 December 2019. No official explanation found.

  Salcia Teleorman Hm., Km. 231+600 h., Turnu Măgurele, Troian h.

  HotNews, 2 Feb 2025

• Operator pulled outLovrin–Nerău

  4 stations · 27 km · last trains: 2021–22

  Regio Călători withdrew from the 27 km line in December 2022; CFR Călători said it had no public service contract for it and costs far exceeded revenue.

  Gotlob h., Comloșu Mare h., Teremia Banat hc., Nerău hcv.

  HotNews, 7 Dec 2022

• No reason publishedRadna–Lipova–Remetea Mică

  4 stations · 31 km · last trains: 2017–18

  The last trains are in the 2017–18 timetable. Remetea Mică still has trains from Timișoara. No source found explains the stop.

  Șarlota h., Aliuș hcv., Zăbrani Hm., Neudorf h.

• No reason publishedCărpiniș–Cenei–Ionel

  6 stations · 24 km · last trains: 2014–15

  The last trains are in the 2014–15 timetable, the year Regiotrans stopped its trains after losing its safety certificate. No source found names this line.

  Checea h., Cenei h., Cetățuia h., Pustiniș h., Otelec h., Ionel hcv.

  HotNews, 16 Mar 2015

• No reason publishedOravița–Iam

  6 stations · 27 km · last trains: 2014–15

  The last trains are in the 2014–15 timetable. No source found explains why they stopped.

  Răcășdiuța h., Răcășdia h., Vrăniuți h., Berliște h., Milcoveni h., Iam hcv

• Operator pulled outBăbeni–Berbești–Alunu

  6 stations · 41 km · last trains: 2013–14

  Regiotrans took the line over in 2012 and withdrew at the end of 2014. On one stretch trains ran at 15 km/h.

  Cernișoara h., Șirineasa h., Popești Vâlcea Hm., Copăceni Hm., Berbești, Alunu Hm.

  HotNews, 3 Feb 2021 · Curierul, 17 Oct 2014

• Operator pulled outStrehaia–Motru

  9 stations · 31 km · last trains: 2017–18

  Softrans dropped Craiova–Strehaia–Motru at the end of March 2018 because it was losing money.

  Samarinești h., Strehaia Nord h., Cernaia h., Comanda h., Jirov Hm., Ceramica h., Corcova h., Motru Est, Motru Est Gr. Călători

  Pandurul, 10 Apr 2018 · HotNews, 3 Feb 2021

• No reason publishedUrziceni–Făurei

  6 stations · 94 km · last trains: 2020–21

  The halts between Urziceni and Cotorca were extra stops of InterRegio Bucharest–Galați trains; they are gone from the 2016–17 timetable. Pogoanele and Rușețu had trains until 2020–21. No published explanation found.

  Pogoanele, Rușețu Hm., Manasia h., Gârbovi Hm., Cotorca Hm., Scutelnici h.

  Financiarul, 17 Mar 2014

• No reason publishedLovrin–Lenauheim–Jimbolia

  3 stations · 18 km · last trains: 2014–15

  The last trains are in the 2014–15 timetable, the year Regiotrans lost its safety certificate (17 March 2015). No source found ties this line to it explicitly.

  Bulgăruș hc., Lenauheim hc., Grabaț h.

  HotNews, 16 Mar 2015

• Operator pulled outOradea–Cheresig

  5 stations · 17 km · last trains: 2014–15

  Interregional restarted trains in 2013 after the line was repaired and withdrew in 2015.

  Sântandrei h., Palota hcv., Ghirișu de Criș h, Toboliu h, Cheresig h.

  HotNews, 3 Feb 2021

• Operator pulled outLivezeni–Lupeni

  5 stations · 17 km · last trains: 2014–15

  Regiotrans withdrew in 2015 (HotNews says it ran four trains each way; the 2014–15 timetable shows three). The last trains are in the 2014–15 timetable.

  Iscroni, Coroiești h., Vulcan Hm., Vâscoza h., Lupeni

  HotNews, 2 Feb 2025

• Train cut shortIlia–Margina

  6 stations · 27 km · last trains: 2024–25

  CFR trains 2182 and 2185 ran Simeria–Ilia–Lugoj in 2024–25 and stopped at these halts. In the 2025–26 timetable they run only between Lugoj and Margina. No source found explains the cut.

  Dobra Hm., Lăpugiu h., Coșteiu h., Ohaba hc., Holdea Hm., Nemeșești h.

• Train cut shortDrobeta-Turnu Severin–Orșova

  6 stations · 24 km · last trains: 2023–24

  The regional train 9501/9504 ran to Orșova in 2023–24; since 2024–25 it ends at Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Long-distance trains pass these halts without stopping.

  Dinamica h., Gura Văii Hm., Vârciorova Hm., Ilovița h., Șantier Naval h., Jidoștița h.

• Operator pulled outȘibot–Cugir

  2 stations · 12 km · last trains: 2017–18

  After Regiotrans left, CFR Călători ran Regio trains from the 2015–16 timetable and dropped them on 1 March 2018 for lack of passengers.

  Vinerea h., Cugir

  alba24, 17 Jan 2021

• Line rebuiltOdăile (the airport line)

  1 station · 7 km · last trains: 2018–19

  The new line to Henri Coandă Airport starts from the area of the "former Odăile halt", which became a junction.

  Odăile h.

  Forbes România, 9 Sep 2020

• No reason publishedArad–Ghioroc

  2 stations · 28 km · last trains: 2014–15

  The Cicir and Depoul Arad halts have no stops after the 2014–15 timetable. No source found explains why.

  Cicir Hm., Depoul Arad h.

• Operator pulled outOradea–Băile Felix

  2 stations · 7 km · last trains: 2013–14

  The last train ran at the end of 2014. Transferoviar Călători said the new subsidy terms no longer covered its costs.

  Rontău h., Băile Felix hc.

  Digi24 Oradea, 17 Mar 2016 · HotNews, 3 Feb 2021

• Operator pulled outLeorda–Dorohoi

  2 stations · 31 km · last trains: 2014–15

  Regiotrans, which had run the line since 2009, withdrew; HotNews gives 2016, while the timetable shows the last stops in 2014–15. Dorohoi still has trains to Iași.

  Brăiești h., Văculești h.

  HotNews, 2 Feb 2025

• No reason publishedIneu–Cermei

  1 station · 14 km · last trains: 2020–21

  The last trains are in the 2020–21 timetable; that winter Regio Călători also left Ineu–Brad (1 January 2021). No source found names Cermei.

  Cermei hcv

  Puterea, 8 Jan 2021

• Line suspendedDornești–Vicșani (towards Ukraine)

  1 station · 12 km · last trains: 2019–20

  CFR suspended the Suceava–Vadu Siretului trains in March 2020, when Ukraine stopped international trains. No source shows them resuming.

  Vicșani

  Antena 3, 15 Mar 2020

• No reason publishedHalts on lines that still have trains

  13 stations · last trains: 2014–15 … 2024–25

  Trains still pass, but no longer stop. No source found explains why.

  Bălcaci h., Mihalț h., Pescăreasa h., Cobuz h., Km. 355+100 h., Peștera h., Oradea Est Triaj h., Gepiu h., Tunel Mare h., Dârju h., Bratcov h., Feleag h., Km. 374+700 h.

• Missing from the dataTimișoara–Jimbolia

  5 stations · 53 km · last trains: 2024–25

  Regio Călători ran 12 trains a day here in 2024–25. The public 2025–26 file has none, yet Regio’s train numbers in the area skip exactly the range in which a timetable site lists seven Timișoara–Jimbolia trains today. Its stations are not counted here as lost.

  Jimbolia, Cărpiniș, Săcălaz h., Beregsău hcv., Clarii Vii h.

  mersul-trenurilor.eu, 25 Oct 2026

#Where the trains went

Bucharest North now has twice as many stops as in 2014 (454 against 231, both halves of the station together), mostly trains to the airport and to Ploiești. Stations in the Prahova valley and around Cluj and Brașov grew too. The junctions of the west and south fell: Simeria, Caracal, Deva, Lovrin.

#County by county

Stations and halts with trains in 2014 and 2026, and how many have none left. The heaviest losses are in the west and the south.

#All 182 stations and halts left without trains

In order of how many trains stopped there in 2014. Click a name to see the station on the map.

#How the count was made

The source is the timetable that Informatica Feroviară, the state rail IT company, publishes on data.gov.ro for each operator: CFR Călători (state-owned), Regio Călători (formerly Regiotrans), Transferoviar, Interregional, Softrans, Astra Trans Carpatic and Ferotrafic. There are 13 editions, from 2013–14 to 2025–26; each runs from mid-December to mid-December.

For each year the second Wednesday of March was taken (12 March 2014 … 11 March 2026) and every passenger train with a scheduled stop at each station was counted. The conclusion was checked on a Saturday in March and a Wednesday in July before it was written.

A “halt” (haltă, h., hc., Hm. in station names) is a small unstaffed or lightly staffed stop. Codes that are the same station (the two groups of Bucharest North, the three codes in Cugir) are counted once. Junctions, switch posts and signals are not stations and are left out.

“No train at all” means at least one stop on a Wednesday in 2014 and no stop on any day of the week in the 2025–26 timetable.

The timetable is the planned one, published in December: it misses changes during the year and cancelled trains. Two gaps are known: the 2013–14 file lacks the Titu–Târgoviște–Pietroșița line (present from 2014–15), and the 2025–26 file lacks the Regio trains Timișoara–Jimbolia. That line’s stations are counted as served in 2026 and never as lost; its 12 trains are not added to the 2026 train total.

Station positions come from OpenStreetMap by station code, the rest by name and by track distance between neighbouring stations. The distance to the nearest station with trains is a straight line. Reasons come from the press and operator notices; where nothing was found, the page says so.

Download the table of all stations (CSV)

The table holds counts derived from the timetables on data.gov.ro. The Ferotrafic files are licensed CC BY 4.0 (Mers tren - FEROTRAFIC - TFI S.R.L., S.C. Informatică Feroviară S.A.); the other files are under OGL-ROU-1.0. Adapted: stops counted per station, merged and matched with coordinates.

#Sources

• Passenger timetable XML files for every operator, 2013–2026 (Informatica Feroviară, data.gov.ro, OGL-ROU-1.0 licence, except the Ferotrafic files)
• Mers tren - FEROTRAFIC - TFI S.R.L., S.C. Informatică Feroviară S.A., on data.gov.ro, 2024–25 and 2025–26 versions (XML files). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Adapted: scheduled stops and running days were taken from each train, counted by station and day, and merged with the other operators’ files.
• Stations and halts in OpenStreetMap (station code uic_ref), extract of 25 October 2026
• Commune and town boundaries (UAT), version of 26 March 2025, geo-spatial.org
• Population by commune and town, 2021 census, National Institute of Statistics
• HotNews, "Trains that disappeared: more than 40 sad stories", 3 February 2021 (in Romanian)
• HotNews, "An endless derailment: how trains vanished from 800 kilometres of track in ten years", 2 February 2025 (in Romanian)
• HotNews, Regiotrans loses its safety certificate, 16 March 2015 (in Romanian)