CFR will charge the same fares as the private operator for the routes in question.
RegioTrans has had its license suspended after safety authorities found technical issues on the company’s trains. The operator said it started procedures to renew its safety license.
In February, businessman Costel Comana, co-owner of RegioTrans, committed suicide on a flight from Colombia to Costa Rica. He was under investigation in a corruption case where Transport Ministry and CFR officials were accused of taking bribe to favor RegioTrans and other companies at auctions.
RegioTrans’ other owner, Iorgu Ganea, and CFR department head Estrella Stefanescu were placed under preventive arrest in February in this case.