{"id":128337,"date":"2024-09-17T19:33:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T09:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=56205"},"modified":"2024-09-17T19:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T09:33:29","slug":"romanian-rail-freight-traffic-also-falls-victim-to-heavy-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=128337","title":{"rendered":"Romanian rail freight traffic also falls victim to heavy rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The heavy rainfall in Central and Eastern Europe has not spared Romanian rail freight. Traffic has either been suspended or is severely limited in various parts of the country.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Notably, a five-kilometre stretch of the railway between Gala\u021bi and B\u00e2rlad, in the northeast of Romania, has been destroyed. It is unclear when repairs on the railway can begin, writes Romanian publication G4Media.<\/p>\n

\u201cRailway traffic in the counties of southern and eastern Romania (Ia\u0219i, Craiova and Gala\u021bi) was affected by the heavy rains\u201d, according to Simona Istrate, president of Romanian private rail association OPSFPR. \u201cTraffic is carried out with speed restrictions of 20 – 30 km\/hour. There are areas where traffic has been stopped\u201d, she explains. According to her, the impact of the floodings reflect the underfunding of the Romanian rail network.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, \u00d6BB\u2019s Rail Cargo Group also reports problems with its rail freight operations in Romania. \u201cThe \u00d6BB Rail Cargo Group is also affected by flooding in Poland<\/a>, the Czech Republic<\/a>, Romania and Hungary, where entire corridors are no longer passable due to flooding and mudslides\u201d, the company says.<\/p>\n