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The Royal train has returned in Bucharest

The Royal train will make every year symbolically road Bucharest-Sinaia and during ceremonies return December 1, said Transport Minister, Ramona Mănescu.

The Royal train. Photo: Simona Uta.

Articol de Radiojurnal, 01 Decembrie 2013, 21:51

The Royal train has returned Sunday in Bucharest after a symbolic trip to Sinaia, during which it was opened and the Royal Hall of the Gare du Nord, restored in its original form from the time of King Carol I.

Present at the event, Prince Radu compared the former salon of the North train station with a throne and showed that the required return is a step towards the strengthening of Romania's future.

In turn, Ramona Mănescu Transport Minister announced that every year the Royal Train will do symbolically road Bucharest-Sinaia and during ceremonies return December 1.

The way symbolic of the Royal train

Over 1000 citizens from Ploiesti were present on the platform of the station Sunday, Ploieşti West to welcome the Royal Train as it were their Highnesses Princess Margareta and Prince Radu accompanied by Princess Elena, Prince Nicholas and Transport Minister Ramona Manescu.

Photo: Arrival in Ploieşti. Source: Simona Uta.


Representatives of the Royal House were encounter, at Ploiesti, Iulian Badescu ,the Mayor of Ploiesti and Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.

Their Highnesses were greeted with bread and salt and the National Anthem and the Royal Anthem were played.

Princess Margaret and Prince Radu made today a symbolic trip occasioned by the National Day of Romania, the Royal train.

Their Highnesses have gone to 13.00 and from Sinaia train station were stopped to participate in a brief ceremony in Câmpina and Ploiesti.


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