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Romanian ministry ‘receptive’ to rail freight concerns

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OPSFPR, the Romanian rail freight association, says that a recent meeting with the transport ministry has yielded some positive results. Rail freight parties took the opportunity to raise various pressing issues, among which is the need to explain to customers why freight trains “take a week to travel 200 kilometres”. The ministry seems at least somewhat receptive to the sector’s concerns.

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Romanian ministry ‘receptive’ to rail freight concerns

Image: Shutterstock. © Dragos Asaftei

OPSFPR, the Romanian rail freight association, says that a recent meeting with the transport ministry has yielded some positive results. Rail freight parties took the opportunity to raise various pressing issues, among which is the need to explain to customers why freight trains “take a week to travel 200 kilometres”. The ministry seems at least somewhat receptive to the sector’s concerns.

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