Winter offer in Romania: Cheaper train rides to ski resorts

Romania’s state-owned railway passenger carrier CFR Calatori has recently launched the Snow Trains 2016 offer, available between January 1 and February 29, 2016. In this period, the tourists will benefit from discounts of up to 56% for the special trains departing/arriving or transiting mountain resorts in the Prahova Valley, Vatra Dornei, Petrosani (Straja and Parang resorts), and Piatra Neamt. CFR Calatori applies the following discounts: -25% for the trains going to/from one of the resorts located on the Sinaia-Brasov route, in Vatra Dornei, Vatra Dornei Bai, Petrosani, and Piatra Neamt. The discount is valid from Monday to Thursday, for the second class tickets. -25% on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays for the trips which have Petrosani as a departure/arrival point and are made with IR 1827 and IR 1828 trains on the route Caracal-Targu Jiu-Petrosani and return. This discount is also available for the second class tickets. -31%-56% for the InterRegio trains running on the routes in Prahova Valley, between Sinaia and Brasov. For example, a trip between Bucharest and Petrosani costs RON 58.9 with this offer, RON 19.6 cheaper than the normal price, while a trip between Constanta and Petrosani costs RON 75.75 (RON 25.2 cheaper). The discounts apply to the adults and children's fares and can’t be added to other offers, except for the 5% discount offered when buying the tickets online and the ones purchased from the ZebraPay vending machines, according to CFR Calatori. The entire list of Snow Trains can be found here. Irina Popescu@romania-insider.com