InterRegional Călători receives its tenth new train
The new Alstom train is part of the fleet of 13 allocated to InterRegional Călători. These trains are intended for links between Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara. The announcement does not say when the new train will start carrying passengers.
How the train was handed over
The unit received by InterRegional Călători is TS23, an Alstom Coradia Stream RE-IR electric train. Acceptance took place on 2 November 2026 at the Alstom depot within the CFR Grivița workshops, with representatives of ARF, EGIS and Alstom.
After acceptance, ARF handed the train over to the operator to manage. TS23 is the twenty-third train built and supplied by Alstom under ARF’s purchase of 37 new interregional electric trains.
The routes allocated to the fleet
The fleet of 13 trains allocated to InterRegional Călători is planned for four routes: București Nord–Brașov–Cluj Napoca, București Nord–Brașov, Brașov–Deda–Cluj Napoca and Cluj Napoca–Deva–Timișoara Nord.
These are the routes announced for trains in the fleet. The statement does not assign TS23 individually to a particular route.
The contract and funding
The 37 trains are covered by ARF’s contract with Alstom Ferroviaria S.p.A. The operator’s fleet is allocated under public service contract CSP-L2 RUIC 1/2026.
The purchase project has two funding stages: the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme 2014–2020 and the Transport Programme 2021–2027, which co-funds the second stage.