National Railway Company CFR S.A./ Compania Națională de Căi Ferate CFR SA

Căile Ferate Române is the state railway carrier of Romania. The CIA World Factbook lists Romania with the 23rd largest railway network in the world. The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger and freight services. CFR as an entity has been operating since 1880, even though the first railway on current Romanian territory was opened in 1854. CFR is divided into four autonomous companies:

• CFR Călători, responsible for passenger services
• CFR Marfă, responsible for freight transport
• CFR Infrastructură or CFR S.A., manages the infrastructure on the Romanian railway network
• Societatea Feroviară de Turism, or SFT, which manages scenic and tourist railways

CFR is headquartered in Bucharest and has regional divisions centered in Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Craiova, Galați, Iași, and Timișoara. Its International Union of Railways code is 53-CFR. CFR offers all railway operators, at competitive costs, access to a functional, efficient and ecological infrastructure on which passengers and goods move safely, in any season, day and night, regardless of weather conditions, according to the established times.