CFR Marfa

The average speed of freight trains in Romania is of 16 km / h, and the transit between Constanta (southeast) and Curtici (west) takes between 7 and 12 days, based on the quantity transported, reveal the conclusions of a study done by the Railway National Surveillance Council (CNSDF), within the Competition Council, sent to AGERPRES on Monday.

Prime Minister-designate Florin Citu announced that on Friday the Cabinet list and the Government programme will be submitted to Parliament. "We will submit today in Parliament the Cabinet list and the governing programme," said Citu, mentioning that the only modification to the cabinet is the proposal of Lucian Heius to the Finance Ministry.

Managers of companies subordinated to the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communications (MTIC) will be appointed based on competence criteria and on the true principles of corporate governance, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communications, Lucian Bode, on Tuesday, told the social partners on the occasion of the meeting he had with them.

CFR Calatori national railway passenger corporation will not have enough cars this summer to meet the traveling need, especially to the seaside, given that from 1,200 cars in inventory, 400 were halted due to technical reasons, Transport Minister Lucian Sova told an interview for AGERPRES.

The Transport Ministry is considering the preparation of the rail freight operator CFR Marfa for privatization, after it went through an extensive restructuring process in 2014, State Secretary Iulian Matache of the Transport Ministry told a Thursday's conference organized by the Association of European Rail Industry - UNIFE.

Facing a pressing need to raise cash, the centre-left government of Prime Minister Victor Ponta plans this year and next to list more state-owned companies, mainly from the energy sector, on the Bucharest stock exchange.

Romania’s state-run rail freight carrier, CFR Marfa, is to start laying off around 2,500 employees this week in order to cut costs.

The process of shedding about a third of the company staff will be completed by end-July. Currently, around 8,500 people work for CFR Marfa.