Comments on: Buying train tickets in Romania

By: Susane

Susane — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:18:52 +0000

what a charming thought. how quaint:)

I’m exploring the possibility of just going to the train station 3 days early, as I live in Bucharest. Other times, friends arranged train trips, including a colleague whose daughter works for the CFR.
That helps, a little, to know which are the preferable trains.

By: Bucharest Life | While its trains continue to go backwards, Romanian railways (CFR) takes giant leap forward | Bucharest

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:35:50 +0000

[...] while ago we reported how we had thought we must be stupid, for we could not find the ‘buy tickets online [...]

By: Cristina

Cristina — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:09:52 +0000

You need a freaking user/pass to get to the page where you can RESERVE a ticket you need to PAY at the agency. Yes, I asked and that was the answer I got. I asked the lady at the agency is she was mocking me! [bad me for writing for a US travel website and assuming Romania is keeping up wt the new developments like... online reservations]

Oh you can buy tickets even 29 days in advance from the train station. The 1 hr rule applies for international trains when the station is not assigned a number of carriages to sell tickets for.

I typically go to the agency and pray the PC is working or the system is not down.

By: Craig Turp

Craig Turp — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:13:47 +0000

In a word, no.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:17:07 +0000

Hello,

Is there no chance to book a train tricket from ubroad? A travel agent or something like that where I could call and pay with credit card in advance?

Thanks for your help.

Stefan