Hârtibaciu Valley Narrow-Gauge Railway (Cornățel-Hosman)

The Hârtibaciu valley „mocăniță” runs on a restored stretch of the Sibiu-Agnita narrow-gauge railway (760 mm gauge), between Cornățel station, in Roșia commune, and Hosman station, in Nocrich commune. Trains leave from Cornățel station, about 18 kilometres from Sibiu on the Sibiu-Agnita county road. The line was built by the Sighișoara-Sibiu Local Railways Company: the Sighișoara-Agnita section was completed at the end of 1898, and in 1910 the line was extended to Sibiu, together with the Cornățel-Vurpăr branch. The Sighișoara-Agnita section closed in 1965, the Vurpăr branch in the 1990s, and the last train on the Sibiu-Agnita line ran on 1 September 2001. On 26 September 2010, at the centenary of the Sibiu-Agnita section, volunteers of the Prietenii Mocăniței („Friends of the Narrow-Gauge Railway”) association put a train back on the rails nine years after the closure, and they have since maintained and restored the track, buildings and rolling stock. So far the volunteers have reopened the 7 kilometres between Cornățel and Hosman. Regular trips use a diesel locomotive with closed and open carriages, on a 14-kilometre return route that takes about 90 minutes, and some themed trips are announced in advance. The route crosses a protected bird area, and the association is working to extend the line by another 6 kilometres, to Cașolț. The Sibiu-Agnita-Sighișoara narrow-gauge railway, with the Cornățel-Vurpăr branch, is a historic monument, LMI code SB-II-a-B-20923 (the section in Sibiu County). Trips are run by the Prietenii Mocăniței association, a volunteer organisation, and seats are booked on the association's website.