Cluj-Napoca railway station

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Gara Cluj-Napoca
Căile Ferate Române
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View of the station building
General information
Location Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Coordinates 46°47′3.717″N23°35′10.99″E / 46.78436583°N 23.5863861°E / 46.78436583; 23.5863861
Owned by CFR
History
Electrifiedyes
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Preceding station CFR Following station
Huedin
towards Oradea
CFR Intercity 300 Câmpia Turzii
Cluj-Napoca railway station
Location
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Cluj-Napoca
Location in Romania
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Location in Europe

Cluj-Napoca train station is the main railway station in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It is located near the city center.

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History

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.

Current situation

The station is situated on the Căile Ferate Române line 300 BucharestPloieștiBrașovTeiușCluj-NapocaOradeaEpiscopia Bihor and the line Cluj-NapocaDejIlva Mică. As of 2008, 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.

Distance from other railway stations

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Early view of the station.
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Train in Cluj Napoca railway station
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CFR classes 140 and 050 shunting at Cluj-Napoca, summer 1972
CityCountrykmRoute
București Nord Romania497
Arad Romania332via Alba Iulia
Arad Romania279via Oradea
Brașov Romania331
Constanța Romania722via București Nord
Constanța Romania718via Buzău
Craiova Romania375via Târgu Jiu
Galați Romania641via Brașov
Galați Romania654via Bacău, Suceava
Iași Romania458
Oradea Romania152
Satu Mare Romania252via Baia Mare
Satu Mare Romania285via Oradea
Suceava Romania322
Timișoara NordRomania330via Oradea
Timișoara NordRomania389via Deva
Belgrade Serbia508
Berlin Germany1,260
Budapest Hungary400
Chișinău Moldova588
Frankfurt am Main Germany1,259
Kyiv Ukraine1,116via Suceava
Sofia Bulgaria1,033via București Nord
Venice Italy1,252
Vienna Austria672

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References

  1. See files Gara1 and Gara2 (Plaque). Wikimedia Commons. 1995 [1970].
  2. Deiss, Richard (2013). The Cathedral of the Winged Wheel and the Sugarbeet Station. BoD Books on Demand. ISBN   978-3848253562.