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Societatea Națională de Transport Feroviar de Călători “CFR Călători” SA

This week: CFR Călători tenders planned RP repair services for rolling stock at RON 81.3m, bids closing 27 October. (2026-09-28)

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Type
National operator — state-owned incumbent passenger operator under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure; head office at B-dul Dinicu Golescu nr. 38, Bucharest, with regional passenger branches (SRTFC) in București, Craiova, Timișoara, Cluj, Brașov, Iași, Galați and Constanța
Market · Region
European Union · Romania
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Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity

Runs national passenger network and buys heavy overhaul and repair of fleet; rolling-stock renewal bought by ARF.

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Runs the national passenger network under public service obligation and is the buyer for heavy overhaul and repair of its own fleet — the R9 capital and R7 intermediate overhauls of the Desiro SR 20D railcars, planned RP repairs of electric locomotives and coaches, and the spare parts that go with them. It also leases in diesel multiple units for short and medium-distance services. Its own rolling-stock renewal is bought for it by ARF, not by the company.

Type
National operator — state-owned incumbent passenger operator under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure; head office at B-dul Dinicu Golescu nr. 38, Bucharest, with regional passenger branches (SRTFC) in București, Craiova, Timișoara, Cluj, Brașov, Iași, Galați and Constanța
Where
Romania
Programmes
Recovery and Resilience Facility
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity

Structure

  • controlled by MTI — Sponsoring ministry of the state passenger operator (active)
  • regulated by AFER — Grants the safety certificate and the railway transport licence the operator runs on (active)
  • operates for ARF — Incumbent holder of the rail passenger public service obligation; ARF is the competent authority and has notified three competitively awarded contracts for 2028–2033 (active)

Who holds what here

  • supplied by Electrificare CFR — Supplies traction current to the railway undertakings on the CFR network under an electricity supply contract whose charge methodology it publishes (active)
Sources for these relationships (4)
  • ● CNCF “CFR” SA · CFR Network Statement 2027 (draft), version 16.0.0, update 21.04.2026, validity 13.12.2026–11.12.2027 — §2.2.1.1 interoperable route length, §2.3.1 track typologies, §2.3.3 stations, §2.3.9 power supply, §2.3.10 signalling, §2.4.4–2.4.5 tunnels and bridges, §1.5 RFC 7 and RFC 9, §3.3 access conditions, abbreviations list (published 2026-04-21 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● SNTFC “CFR Călători” SA · Achiziţii publice — annual procurement programme published in SEAP at e-licitatie.ro; transparency statement per OMTI 1121/2012 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● SNTFC “CFR Călători” SA · Date de contact — head office address and fax, regional passenger branch addresses and mailboxes (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Prior information notice for a public service contract — “Contract de servicii publice nr.1 atribuit competitiv pentru perioada 10/12/2028 - 11/12/2033”, electrified routes București Nord–Constanța, București Nord–Craiova, București Nord–Craiova–Timișoara Nord–Arad, București Nord–Brașov–Arad–Timișoara Nord and București Nord–Craiova–Petroșani–Deva; no value published; ARF contact office@arf.gov.ro, +40 374808535 (published 2026-08-28 · checked 2026-09-12)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
CFR Călători R9 Desiro SR 20D overhaulIn execution$25–100mAwarded May 2026
CFR Călători R7 Desiro SR 20D power-packIn execution$5–25mAwarded March 2026

What changed

From This Week in Rail, newest first.

  • 2026-09-28 — CFR Călători tenders planned RP repair services for rolling stock at RON 81.3m, bids closing 27 October.
  • 2026-09-28 — CFR Călători tenders planned RG repair services for rolling stock at RON 115.1m, bids closing 12 October.
  • 2026-09-28 — CFR Călători tenders a second RG repair-services package for rolling stock at RON 79.5m, bids closing 10 November.

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  • Procurement structure
  • Award history (3)
  • Entry path
  • Published contacts (5)
  • Portals (3)

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7 sources · all primary
  • ● SNTFC “CFR Călători” SA · CFR Călători home page and site index (procurement and announcements sections) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● SNTFC “CFR Călători” SA · Date de contact — head office address and fax, regional passenger branch addresses and mailboxes (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● SNTFC “CFR Călători” SA · Achiziţii publice — annual procurement programme published in SEAP at e-licitatie.ro; transparency statement per OMTI 1121/2012 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● SNTFC “CFR Călători” SA · Achiziţii — stare achiziție: în derulare (live procurement list; points to e-licitatie.ro) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — “Servicii de revizie tip R9 la automotoarele Desiro SR 20D – Revizie Capitală”; awards to date RON 135,735,226.28 against a framework maximum of RON 155,148,588.60 and a re-estimated RON 159,906,983.59; ELECTROPUTERE VFU PASCANI (published 2026-05-26 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — “Servicii de revizie tip R7 la automotoarele Desiro SR 20D – reparaţie grup power-pack echipat cu motor diesel MTU 6R 183 TD13H si cutie de viteze ZF ECOMAT 5HP600R şi alte servicii de reparaţii constatate in prezenţa Recepţiei CFR Călători pe fluxul de revizie tip R7”; notice result RON 86,906,717.89, winner RELOC; read through the TED Search API v3 because the notice's /xml endpoint returns an empty body after a long session (published 2026-03-26 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Prior information notice for a public service contract — “Contract de servicii publice nr.1 atribuit competitiv pentru perioada 10/12/2028 - 11/12/2033”, electrified routes București Nord–Constanța, București Nord–Craiova, București Nord–Craiova–Timișoara Nord–Arad, București Nord–Brașov–Arad–Timișoara Nord and București Nord–Craiova–Petroșani–Deva; no value published; ARF contact office@arf.gov.ro, +40 374808535 (published 2026-08-28 · checked 2026-09-12)

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