Arad Central Railway Station
Arad Gara Centrală | |||||||||||
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| Căile Ferate Române | |||||||||||
 View of the station building | |||||||||||
| Location | Piaṭa Gării, Nr. 8-9, Arad, Romania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°11′22.5276″N 21°19′29.5356″E / 46.189591000°N 21.324871000°ECoordinates: 46°11′22.5276″N 21°19′29.5356″E / 46.189591000°N 21.324871000°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | CFR | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
200 Arad - București 215 Arad - Nădlac 216 Arad - Vălcani 310 Oradea - Arad - Timișoara Nord 317 Arad - Ineu - Brad | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 straight | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1858 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Arad Central Railway Station (Romanian: Gara Centrală din Arad) is the largest railway station in the city of Arad, and the largest in the Arad County. It is the second largest railway station in the western region of Romania, immediately after Timișoara Nord railway station.[1][2]
History
The main building was designed by Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff, when Arad was a major city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Operators
The station is being served by the national operator CFR, which owns the station building and infrastructure, and the private operator Regiotrans.
Arad Central services are in majority connected to the CFR 200 Main Line from Brașov/Bucureṣti Nord to Curtici. The Arad - Curtici line is the main railway link to Western Europe toward Budapest Keleti.
ICN/IC services
| Series | Train Type | Internal Route | External Route | Frequency | Notes |
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| 346 Dacia |
ICN | București Nord - Ploiești Vest - Cîmpina - Sinaia - Predeal - Brașov - Sighișoara - Mediaș - Blaj - Alba Iulia - Simeria - Deva - Arad - Curtici | Lőkösháza - Békéscsaba - Szolnok - Budapest-Keleti pu. - Budapest-Kelenföld - Tatabánya - Győr - Mosonmagyaróvár - Hegyeshalom - Wien Westbahnhof | 1x per day | Classified as EN346 outside of Romania. |
| 347 Dacia |
ICN | Curtici - Arad - Deva - Simeria - Alba Iulia - Blaj - Mediaș - Sighișoara - Brașov - Predeal - Sinaia - Cîmpina - Ploiești Vest - București Nord | Wien Westbahnhof - Hegyeshalom - Mosonmagyaróvár - Győr - Tatabánya - Budapest-Kelenföld - Budapest-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Lőkösháza | 1x per day | Classified as EN347 outside of Romania. |
| 472 Ister |
ICN | București Nord - Ploiești Vest - Cîmpina - Sinaia - Predeal - Brașov - Sighișoara - Mediaș - Blaj - Alba Iulia - Simeria - Deva - Arad - Curtici | Lőkösháza - Békéscsaba - Szolnok - Budapest-Keleti pu. | 1x per day | Classified as EN472 outside of Romania. |
| 473 Ister |
ICN | Curtici - Arad - Deva - Simeria - Alba Iulia - Blaj - Mediaș - Sighișoara - Brașov - Predeal - Sinaia - Cîmpina - Ploiești Vest - București Nord | Budapest-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Lőkösháza | 1x per day | Classified as EN473 outside of Romania. |
| 521 "Aurel Vlaicu" |
IC | Teiuș - Alba Iulia - Vințu de Jos - Simeria - Deva - Arad | 1x per day | Forms from carriages from the IC 531 heading towards Oradea | |
| 522 "Aurel Vlaicu" |
IC | Arad - Deva - Simeria - Vințu de Jos - Alba Iulia - Teiuș | 1x per day | Leaves carriages for the IC 532 heading towards București Nord | |
| 534 |
IC | Timișoara Nord - Arad - Sântana - Chișineu-Criș - Salonta - Oradea - Aleșd - Ciucea - Huedin - Cluj-Napoca | 1x per day | No Sunday service and from 22.05. to 26.06 | |
| 535 |
IC | Cluj-Napoca - Huedin - Ciucea - Aleșd - Oradea - Salonta - Chișineu-Criș - Sântana - Arad - Timișoara Nord | 1x per day | No weekend service | |
| 536 |
IC | Timișoara Nord - Arad - Sântana - Chișineu-Criș - Salonta - Oradea - Aleșd - Ciucea - Huedin - Cluj-Napoca | 1x per day | No weekend service | |
| 537 |
IC | Cluj-Napoca - Huedin - Ciucea - Aleșd - Oradea - Salonta - Chișineu-Criș - Sântana - Arad - Timișoara Nord | 1x per day | No Saturday service and from 21.05. to 25.06 |
International IR services
Lines
- Line 200 : Curtici - Arad - Deva - Vințu de Jos - Sibiu - Făgăraș - Brașov (to Bucharest it continues as the 1000 main line)
- Line 215 : Arad - Arad Vest - Pecica - Semlac - Șeitin - Nădlac
- Line 216 : Arad - Aradul Nou - Zădăreni - Bodrogul Nou - Felnac - Sânpetru German - Munar - Secusigiu - Aranca - Periam - Saravale - Sânnicolau Mare - Dudeștii Noi - Vălcani
- Line 310 : Timișoara- Arad - Sântana - Nădab - Ciumeghiu - Oradea
- Line 317 : Arad - Ineu - Gurahonţ - Brad
References
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