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Locomotive of Via Terra Group in Marghita

Via Terra Group (formerly Via Terra Spedition) is a private railway company in Romania. It began activity in 2001 [1] with freight transport and expanded into passenger services in 2009. [2]

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Passenger transport

Passenger trains are run by Via Terra's branch Regional. Rolling stock is made up mostly of former SNCF Class X4500 Diesel multiple units. They operate several routes:

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References

  1. "Afacerea Tulbure" (in Romanian). Clujeanul . Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  2. "Trenuri private pe linia Botiz-Bixad" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2011-07-02.