Freight trains in Romania are so slow that it takes them a week to go from east to west, a journey of under 1,000 kilometers. They run at an average speeds of just 15–16 km/h, three times lower than passenger trains which themselves are already slow by European standards. This makes them expensive and impractical. … Continuă lectura So slow: Romania’s freight trains need a week to cross the country (a giraffe could outrun them)