Prut valley rail line Iași – Galați

The river Prut forms the border between Romania and Moldova, running roughly north-south. For most of the past two centuries, this part of the river was the eastern border of imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. Few roads and railways crossed it. There is no main road along the valley either – and no road …

New high-speed link Brăila – Galați

The proposed Wallachian Plain high-speed rail corridor would link Bucharest (București) to Galați, and could be extended to to Odessa. This post is about the Brăila – Galați section. The new high-speed rail line would run north-east from Bucharest to Urziceni, and then alongside the existing line 700, bypassing Făurei. The result is an almost …