Cluj-Napoca railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Romania}}
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Cluj-Napoca train station is the main railway station in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It is located near the city center.
History
Two plaques on the building commemorate the 100th and 125th anniversary of the opening of the station on September 7, 1870.{{Cite sign |title=See files Gara1 and Gara2 |orig-year=1970|year=1995 |type=Plaque |publisher=Wikimedia Commons|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cluj-Napoca_Railway_Station}}
The Cluj-Napoca railway station was designed and built by Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff,{{cite book |last=Deiss |first=Richard |date=2013 |title=The Cathedral of the Winged Wheel and the Sugarbeet Station |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQ1Dtm4b5w4C&q=ferenc+pfaff+railway+station |publisher=BoD Books on Demand |isbn=978-3848253562}} when the city was part of Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Current situation
The station is situated on the Căile Ferate Române line 300 Bucharest–Ploiești–Brașov–Teiuș–Cluj-Napoca–Oradea–Episcopia Bihor and the line Cluj-Napoca–Dej–Ilva Mică. {{As of|2008}}, Cluj-Napoca railway station serves about 100 passenger trains, including domestic trains operated by Căile Ferate Române. Cluj-Napoca offers connections with the majority of Romanian cities, as well as service to Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria.
Distance from other railway stations
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| București Nord | Romania | {{0|0,}}497 | |
| Arad | Romania | {{0|0,}}332 | via Alba Iulia |
| Arad | Romania | {{0|0,}}279 | via Oradea |
| {{stnlnk|Brașov}} | Romania | {{0|0,}}331 | |
| Constanța | Romania | {{0|0,}}722 | via București Nord |
| Constanța | Romania | {{0|0,}}718 | via Buzău |
| Craiova | Romania | {{0|0,}}375 | via Târgu Jiu |
| Galați | Romania | {{0|0,}}641 | via Brașov |
| Galați | Romania | {{0|0,}}654 | via Bacău, Suceava |
| Iași | Romania | {{0|0,}}458 | |
| Oradea | Romania | {{0|0,}}152 | |
| Satu Mare | Romania | {{0|0,}}252 | via Baia Mare |
| Satu Mare | Romania | {{0|0,}}285 | via Oradea |
| Suceava | Romania | {{0|0,}}322 | |
| Timișoara Nord | Romania | {{0|0,}}330 | via Oradea |
| Timișoara Nord | Romania | {{0|0,}}389 | via Deva |
| Belgrade | Serbia | {{0|0,}}508 | |
| Berlin | Germany | 1,260 | |
| Budapest | Hungary | {{0|0,}}400 | |
| Chișinău | Moldova | {{0|0,}}588 | |
| Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 1,259 | |
| Kyiv | Ukraine | 1,116 | via Suceava |
| Sofia | Bulgaria | 1,033 | via București Nord |
| Venice | Italy | 1,252 | |
| Vienna | Austria | {{0|0,}}672 |
References
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External links
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- {{URL|http://www.mersultrenurilor.ro/Statie/Cluj_Napoca|Trains timetable}}