Gara Cluj-Napoca | |||||||||||
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| Location | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°47′3.717″N23°35′10.99″E / 46.78436583°N 23.5863861°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | CFR | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Cluj-Napoca train station is the main railway station in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It is located near the city center.
Two plaques on the building commemorate the 100th and 125th anniversary of the opening of the station on September 7, 1870. [1] The Cluj-Napoca railway station was designed and built by Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff, [2] when the city was part of Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The station is situated on the Căile Ferate Române line 300 Bucharest–Ploiești–Brașov–Teiuș–Cluj-Napoca–Oradea–Episcopia Bihor and the line Cluj-Napoca–Dej–Ilva Mică. As of 2008 [update] , Cluj-Napoca railway station serves about 100 passenger trains, including domestic trains operated by Căile Ferate Române. Cluj-Napoca offers connections with the majority of Romanian cities, as well as service to Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria.
| City | Country | km | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| București Nord | Romania | 497 | |
| Arad | Romania | 332 | via Alba Iulia |
| Arad | Romania | 279 | via Oradea |
| Brașov | Romania | 331 | |
| Constanța | Romania | 722 | via București Nord |
| Constanța | Romania | 718 | via Buzău |
| Craiova | Romania | 375 | via Târgu Jiu |
| Galați | Romania | 641 | via Brașov |
| Galați | Romania | 654 | via Bacău, Suceava |
| Iași | Romania | 458 | |
| Oradea | Romania | 152 | |
| Satu Mare | Romania | 252 | via Baia Mare |
| Satu Mare | Romania | 285 | via Oradea |
| Suceava | Romania | 322 | |
| Timișoara Nord | Romania | 330 | via Oradea |
| Timișoara Nord | Romania | 389 | via Deva |
| Belgrade | Serbia | 508 | |
| Berlin | Germany | 1,260 | |
| Budapest | Hungary | 400 | |
| Chișinău | Moldova | 588 | |
| Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 1,259 | |
| Kyiv | Ukraine | 1,116 | via Suceava |
| Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,033 | via București Nord |
| Venice | Italy | 1,252 | |
| Vienna | Austria | 672 |
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