Western Romania: Railway traffic temporarily halted after “electrical installations” discovered on tracks

24 August 2026 Romania’s national railway operator CFR announced on Sunday, August 23, that railway traffic was temporarily halted on the Simeria–Orăștie section, in western Romania, after personnel identified “improvised electrical installations, placed by unknown persons” in the Turdaș railway tunnel. According to a press release, the competent authorities went to the site and conducted investigations to establish the circumstances in which the installations were placed in the tunnel and to identify the persons responsible. At the same time, CFR personnel carried out checks on the railway infrastructure and assisted the authorities during the investigation. The railway operator drew attention to “the seriousness of any unauthorized intervention on the railway infrastructure or in its saf