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Regiotrans is a private rail company headquartered in Brașov
Brasov
Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....

, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. It was founded in 2005 and is exclusively active in the passenger transport sector.

Routes

Regiotrans primarily runs local trains. Rolling stock is mainly former SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

 Class X4500
SNCF Class X 4500
The SNCF Class X 4500 diesel multiple units were built by ANF between 1963-1970. The X4500 class are one of four classes of similar design known as "Caravelles" as when built the engine sound reminded railwaymen of the contemporary French SE210 'Caravelle' jet airliner. X4500 are identical to the...

 Diesel multiple units.
It is the only operator on several routes:
  • Brașov
    Brasov
    Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....

     - Zărneşti
    Zarnesti
    Zărnești is a town in Braşov County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 26,520. It administers one village, Tohanu Nou.It is located near the Piatra Craiului Mountains, which are part of the Southern Carpathians mountains range...

  • Brașov - Întorsura Buzăului
    Întorsura Buzaului
    Întorsura Buzăului Buzău 's Turn) is a town in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers three villages: Brădet, Floroaia and Scrădoasa.- Population :...

  • Sfântu Gheorghe
    Sfântu Gheorghe
    Sfântu Gheorghe is the capital city of Covasna County, Romania. Located in the central part of the country and in the historical region of Transylvania, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt Mountains and Bodoc Mountains...

     - Breţcu
    Bretcu
    Breţcu is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages:*Breţcu*Mărtănuş / Kézdimartonos*Oituz / OjtoztelepThe Roman settlement of Augustia and the Roman castrum is located on the east side of the settlement....

  • Sighişoara
    Sighisoara
    Sighişoara is a city and municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş County, Romania. Located in the historic region Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 27,706 ....

     - Odorhei
  • Blaj
    Blaj
    Blaj is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 20,758 inhabitants.The landmark of the city is the fact that it was the principal religious and cultural center of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in Transylvania....

     - Praid
    Praid
    Praid is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of six villages:-Demographics:...

  • Alba Iulia
    Alba Iulia
    Alba Iulia is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 66,747, located on the Mureş River. Since the High Middle Ages, the city has been the seat of Transylvania's Roman Catholic diocese. Between 1541 and 1690 it was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania...

     - Zlatna
    Zlatna
    Zlatna is a town in Alba County, central Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 8,607.- Administration :The town administers eighteen villages: Boteşti , Budeni , Dealu Roatei , Dobrot, Dumbrava, Feneş , Galaţi , Izvoru Ampoiului , Pârău Gruiului , Pătrângeni ,...

  • Şibot
    Sibot
    Şibot is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Băcăinţi , Balomiru de Câmp , Sărăcsău and Şibot.-References:...

     - Cugir
    Cugir
    Cugir is a town in Alba county, the central settlement of the Breadfield, in Romania. About 45 kilometers south-west of Alba-Iulia, the capital of the county, and 300 meters above sea level at the base of the Surianu Mountains...

  • Sărăţel
    Saratel
    Sărăţel may refer to one of two places in Romania:* Sărăţel, a village in Şieu-Măgheruş Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County* Sărăţel, a village in Predeal-Sărari Commune, Prahova County...

     - Luduş
    Ludus
    Luduș is a town in central Romania in Mureș County, 44 km south-west from the county's capital Târgu Mureș.Six villages are administered by the town: Avrămeşti , Cioarga , Ciurgău , Fundătura , Gheja and Roșiori .-History:* 1330 - First mentioned as Plehanus de...

  • Buziaş - Gătaia
    Gataia
    Gătaia is a town in Timiş County, Banat, western Romania. It is located on the Bârzava River at 52 km from Timişoara and 47 km from Reşiţa. It administers five villages: Butin, Percosova, Sculia, Şemlacu Mare and Şemlacu Mic...

     - Jamu Mare
    Jamu Mare
    Jamu Mare is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. In Romanian the name means "Greater Jam/Žam". On the other side of the border, in Serbia, there is a village called Mali Žam ....

  • Timişoara
    Timisoara
    Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...

     Nord - Cruceni
    Cruceni
    Cruceni may refer to several villages in Romania:* Cruceni, a village in Şagu Commune, Arad County* Cruceni, a village in Foeni Commune, Timiş County...

  • Berzovia
    Berzovia
    Berzovia is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 4,165 people. It is composed of three villages: Berzovia, Fizeş and Gherteniş.It is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana as Berzobia.- References :...

     - Oraviţa
    Oravita
    Oravița is a town in southwestern Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 15,524 in 2000. Its theatre is a fully functional scaled down version of the Burgtheater in Vienna...

  • Jimbolia
    Jimbolia
    Jimbolia is a town in Timiş county, Romania. In 2004, it had a population of 11,605.-History:The earliest record of a community in this location is a place identified as Chumbul in a papal tax record in 1333. This place came under Turkish administration in 1552. As a result of the Treaty of...

     - Lovrin
    Lovrin
    Lovrin is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Lovrin. It also included three other villages until 2004, when they were split off to form Gottlob and Tomnatic Communes....

  • Jebel - Giera
    Giera
    Giera is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Giera, Grăniceri and Toager....

  • Timişoara Nord - Voiteni
    Voiteg
    Voiteg is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Folea and Voiteg....

     - Reşiţa
    Resita
    ' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...

     Nord
  • Lovrin - Cenad
    Cenad
    Cenad is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cenad.-Demography:...

  • Lovrin - Nerău
    Teremia Mare
    Teremia Mare is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Nerău, Teremia Mare and Teremia Mică.-People:* Ted Junker...

  • Arad
    Arad, Romania
    Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...

     - Nădlac
    Nadlac
    Nădlac is a town in western Romania, Arad County. A former part of the town lies across the border with Hungary; this village is called Nagylak. An international border town, Nădlac is the main border crossing into western Romania from Hungary. It is also a centre of the Lutheran Slovakian...

  • Arad - Sânnicolau Mare
    Sânnicolau Mare
    Sânnicolau Mare is a town in Timiş County, Romania and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Banat region, along the borders with Serbia and Hungary, it has a population of just under 13,000...

     - Valcani
    Valcani
    Vălcani is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Vălcani. An independent commune from 1877 to 1968, it was a village of Dudeştii Vechi Commune from that year until 2005, when it again became independent....

  • Nădab
    Nadab
    Nadab may refer to:*Nadab , Biblical figure, eldest son of Aaron the High Priest of Israel*Nadab of Israel , king of the northern Kingdom of Israel...

     - Grăniceri
  • Ineu
    Ineu
    Ineu is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. It is situated at a distance of 57 km from the county capital Arad, it occupies a 116,6 square km surface at the contact point of Crișul Alb Basin and Crișurilor Plateau. Ineu is the main entrance gate into the Zărand Land...

    –Cermei
  • Iaşi
    Iasi
    Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

     - Podu Iloaiei
    Podu Iloaiei
    Podu Iloaiei is a town in Iaşi County, Romania. It has 9,739 inhabitants as of 2002 and was declared a town in 2005. Four villages are administered by the town: Budăi, Cosiţeni, Holm and Scobâlţeni.-External links:...

     - Hârlău
    Hârlau
    Hârlău is a town in Iaşi County, Moldavia, Romania. the estimated population is 11,271. It was the capital city of Moldova in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town.-Population:...

  • Iaşi - Leţcani
    Letcani
    Leţcani is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania, part of the Iaşi metropolitan area. It is composed of four villages: Bogonos, Cogeasca, Cucuteni and Leţcani....

     - Dângeni - Dorohoi
    Dorohoi
    Dorohoi is a city in the Botoşani County, Romania, on the right bank of the Jijia River, which broadens into a lake on the north.Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; merchants from the neighboring states flocked to its great fair, held on...

  • Fălticeni
    Falticeni
    Fălticeni is a city in Suceava County, Romania, capital of the former Baia County . As of 2003 the population is 28,899, and the city covers an area of 28,76 km², of which 25% are orchards and lakes. The city is 25 km away from Suceava, the capital of the county...

     - Dolhasca
    Dolhasca
    Dolhasca is a town in northeastern Moldavia, in Suceava County, Romania. In 2002, it had a population of 11,093, of which 90% were Romanians and 10% Roma...

  • Dorohoi - Leorda - Botoşani
    Botosani
    Botoșani is the capital city of Botoșani County, in northern Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga.- Origin of the name :...

  • Târgu Neamţ
    Târgu Neamt
    Târgu Neamţ is a town in Neamţ County, Romania, on the Neamţ River. It had, , a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered by the town: Blebea, Humuleşti and Humuleştii Noi.- History :...

     - Paşcani
    Pascani
    Paşcani is a city in Iaşi County in the Moldavia region of Romania on the Siret river. , it has a population of 42,172. Five villages are administered by the city: Blăgeşti, Boşteni, Gâsteşti, Lunca and Sodomeni....

  • Roman
    Roman, Romania
    Roman is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers....

     - Buhăieşti - Iaşi
  • Caracal
    Caracal
    The caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa.The word caracal comes from the Turkish word "karakulak", meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a Persian term...

     - Corabia
    Corabia
    Corabia is a small Danube port located in Olt County, Romania, which used to be part of the now-dissolved Romanaţi County before World War II...

  • Alexandria
    Alexandria
    Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...

     - Zimnicea
    Zimnicea
    Zimnicea is a town in Teleorman county, Romania , a port on the Danube opposite the Bulgarian city of Svishtov.-Geography:...



On other routes it operates alongside the public railway company CFR
Caile Ferate Române
Căile Ferate Române is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. Romania has a railway network of of which are electrified and the total track length is . The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger...

 (usually with lower frequencies):
  • Brașov - Sibiu
    Sibiu
    Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...

  • Brașov - Alba Iulia
  • Brașov - Sfântu Gheorghe - Miercurea Ciuc
  • Sibiu - Copşa Mică
    Copsa Mica
    Copşa Mică is a town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, located north of Sibiu, 33 km east of Blaj, and 12 km southwest of Mediaş. According to the town's website, its population in 2000 was 5189, down 23% from its population in 1989, the year communism collapsed in Romania.The town...

     - Blaj
  • Sibiu - Copşa Mică - Sighişoara
  • Sibiu - Alba Iulia
  • Luduş - Alba Iulia
  • Targu Mureş - Luduş
  • Alba Iulia - Şibot
  • Alba Iulia - Cluj-Napoca
    Cluj-Napoca
    Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...

  • Arad - Ineu
  • Arad - Nădab
  • Dolhasca - Paşcani - Iaşi
    Iasi
    Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

  • Caracal - Roşiorii de Vede
    Rosiorii de Vede
    Roşiorii de Vede is a municipality in Teleorman, Wallachia, one of the oldest cities in Romania. It was first mentioned in a document which dates back to 1385, when the city was visited by two German pilgrims who were returning from Jerusalem and stopped for a few days in a town they called...

     - Alexandria


Regiotrans also has a few long distance trains ( Brașov - Craiova
Craiova
Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...

, Brașov - Constanța
Constanta
Constanța is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region....

and Brașov - Iași) and occasionally a tourist steam train, named Dracula Express, between Brașov-Zărneşti and Brașov - Întorsura Buzăului.
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