The Ungheni – Bălți - Slobozia – Ungheni train route No. 889/894 will be unavailable as from August 11. Contacted by IPN for details, the director of Moldova’s Railways Oleg Tofilat said the diesel train was damaged as a result of a fire that happened in the morning of August 10.

There were passengers on the train, but the director assured that no one was hurt.

“The problem is related to the technical state. A fire occurred. Until we do not determine the causes and do not perform the necessary repair works, the route cannot be operated,” stated Oleg Tofilat.

The train is now at the depot, but the repair works haven’t been started and Oleg Tofilat therefore could not say for how long the route was suspended.

On July 26, an older train ruining on the same route was withdrawn owing to the unsatisfactory technical state.