Welcome to today's thread - 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 27 - 13 July - Oradea - Valea lui Mihai - Satu Mare - Halmeu - Satu Mare - Sighetu Marmației
Today's new borders:
Halmeu 🇷🇴 - Nevetlenfolu 🇺🇦
Câmpulung la Tisa 🇷🇴 - Teresva 🇺🇦
Borders map, inc. borders re-crossed:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#14/48.0007/23.0035
Today's trains on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#10/47.5404/22.8770
Here's today's #CrossBorderRail music track
Trenul Cursă de Persoane Apahida Cluj-Napoca
Semnal M
Thanks @db for this very special track!
Here's today's intro video - hopefully this one worked!
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 126 of 166
R 4333
07:35 Oradea - Valea lui Mihai 08:57
CFR Călători
Train type: Siemens Desiro DMU, 2 short carriages
⛽️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ❓ (theoretically possible, but disabled access door is broken)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: ☹️ (ok, I have to put standards of maintenance somewhere, and it goes here - the train is orderly, but it smells terrible and there are loads of cracked window panes)
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
R 4333
07:35 Oradea - Valea lui Mihai 08:57
Distance: 65.7km
Average speed: 48km/h
10 stops:
Episcopia Bihor
Biharia
Tămăseu h
Roșiori Bihor Hm
Diosig
Cadia hc
Săcuieni Bihor
Șilindru
Simion hc
Valea lui Mihai
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#10/47.3174/22.1766
The final big #CrossBorderRail tour - to the eastern borders of the EU, and missing intra-EU borders. In June-July 2025. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.
And there goes the Romanian border policeman to check the incoming Debrecen - Satu Mare in Valea Lui Mihai, the first Romanian station
Rail passenger here: Schengen doesn’t work
(I was only boarding here so didn’t get checked)
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 127 of 166
R 6822
10:40 Valea lui Mihai - Satu Mare 11:59
CFR Călători
Train type: Electroputere 60 Diesel, 2 carriages
⛽️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ⛔️ (no way - steps too high, no ramp)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 😐 (ok once in but hellish to get in)
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
R 6822
10:40 Valea lui Mihai - Satu Mare 11:59
Distance: 67.2km
Average speed: 51km/h
11 stops:
Curtuișeni Hm
Resighea h
Sanislău
Marna hc
Carei
Domănești Hm
Moftin hcv
General Gh. Avramescu
Sătmarel Hm
Satu Mare Sud
Satu Mare
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#10/47.7670/22.5048
The final big #CrossBorderRail tour - to the eastern borders of the EU, and missing intra-EU borders. In June-July 2025. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.
I found the friendliest CFR staff I could imagine at Satu Mare. She fixed all the Interrail reservations I needed for the rest of my trip in Romania.
Pic is of the neighbouring window 😀
Jon Worth
Damien