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]
Arad Gara Centrală | |||||||||||
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Căile Ferate Române | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Piaṭa Gării, Nr. 8-9, Arad, Romania | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 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 | 25 October 1858 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 15 September 1975 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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History
editThe main building was designed by Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff, when Arad was a major city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Operators
editThe station is being served by the infrastructure operator Compania Națională de Căi Ferate 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
editInternational IR services
editLines
edit- 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