During summer months, the train operates together with the Bosphorus Express from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovica, where the latter heads southeast toward Istanbul, Turkey.

[2] At Giurgiu North station, border police board the train and conduct a passport and customs control.

The train travels across mostly flat farmland with some rolling hills; but is forced to run at relatively slow speeds due to the winding route of the railway.

[1] The Romania then continues west along flat farmland, north of the Balkan Mountains, arriving at Pleven at 19:38.

The Romania runs on track owned by Căile Ferate Române (CFR) and the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC).