CFR Călaturi trains will no longer be able to travel, if substantial debts are not paid urgently, in maximum 4 days, or in the absence of a clearly assumed payment chart.
CFR Călaturi trains will no longer be able to run unless the debts are paid urgently
The prohibition will be applied due to the debts that the state rail operator has accumulated to pay the tariff for the use of infrastructure (TUI), writes club.
CFR Călaturi trains will receive traffic ban on the Romanian railway network, due to the huge debts that the state rail operator has accumulated to pay the tariff for the use of infrastructure (TUI). Regio trains will be “draw on the right“Over a week, and the interregio ones from October 1.
The National Railway Company CFR SA sent a notification to the National Railway Transport Company CFR Călatori SA, which is informed to the general director Traian Priestasa that he has unpaid invoices of 41,414,733.68 lei, the equivalent of almost 8.2 million euros.
The notification was also sent to the Authority for Railway Reform (ARF), the Railway Transport Directorate of the Ministry of Transport and the Secretary of State responsible for coordinating the transport by rail Ionuț Săvoiu. The document specifies that the non -payment of the debts by CFR Călatori also affects the payment of the salaries of the employees of CFR SA.
“Since following the previous address sent by CFR on 04.06.2025, CFR Călaturi did not pay the TUI invoices due, we notify you that according to the above provisions, as well as the provisions of the access contract no 199/13.12.2024 concluded between CFR and SNTFC CFR Călaturi, starting with 01.09.2025. CFR Călaturi presented in Annex 2 (Regio trains), and starting with 01.10.2025, the trails of the trains belong to CRĂCTURI presented Annex 3 (Interregio trains) are suspended until the payment of the outstanding debts or until a graph of payment of the outstanding amounts that allow the CFR to be operated from the Person. CFR SA”, It is shown in the document.
The first notification was sent in June
In June, in an official letter sent to the Minister of Transport, Sorin Grindeanu, by the general manager of the company, Traian Preoteasa, and by the financial director, Aida Hanganu, stated that, in the absence of additional financing, there is the imminent risk of rail trafficking and the cancellation of the trains, especially in the non-electrified sections. “In the absence of fast measures, Romania risks paralyzing the railway traffic circulation”, Warns the company's directors.
CFR Călaturi claims that the compensation allocated for public passenger transport for 2025 is “only”1.739 billion lei, amount “Insufficient to cover the operating costs of the company”. The company claims that this compensation represents only 80% of the amount allocated for 2024, while the revenues from the passenger transport are diminished as a result of an emergency ordinance, and the expenses are at least at the level of 2024.
CFR Călaturi claims that it receives a monthly compensation of only 132.14 million lei, which says it is insufficient to cover monthly expenses, last year this is 180 million lei.
