2017

June 16

On June 23rd, 2017, the Danish State Railways (DSB) announced the sale of up to 15x IC2 trains to an international buyer. Jürgen Müller, the Director for Strategy and Rolling Stock at DSB, clarified that the trains were sold as-is without any warranty to the buyer, Astra Trans Carpatic. The buyer initially took possession of three trains, numbered 5714, 5718, and 5721, which required necessary approvals for operation from the Romanian regulatory authority, AFER. The remaining 12x trains were to be transferred only after the operational approval was obtained.  

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSB_MP

2018

The vehicles are prepared and repainted at Astra factory in Arad, Romania.

A test run took place on September 8th, 2018, along the route from Timisoara to Arad, Oradea, and Baia Mare. Scheduled operations were planned to commence in December, with trains running in pairs from Timisoara to both Arad and Oradea. Following the split at the latter station, one unit was set to continue to Baia Mare while the other would head to Cluj Napoca.

Finally, regular service commenced on November 8th, 2018, with a train pair operating between Arad and Oradea.
 

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSB_MP

2020



On March 11th, 2020, a RailAdventure service passed through Enns in Austria with a total of 4x ex-DSB IC2 units on their way to Romania.
 

Sources: https://railcolornews.com/2020/03/12/dk-expert-more-dsb-ic2-trainsets-on-their-way-to-romania/

2022

September 8

9x additional units (5704/6704, 5705/6705, 5707/6707, 5711/6711, 5716/6716, 5717/6717, 5719/6719, 5722/6722 and 5723/6723) are delivered to Romania, increasing the total number of units to 16x.  

Sources: https://railcolornews.com/2022/09/09/dk-second-life-the-remaining-dsb-ic2-trains-arrive-in-romania/

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