Filiasi - Targu Jiu section (70 Km) is a branch of the Bucharest - Varciorova main line, finished on 1st of July 1888, as an attempt to cross the Carpathians through Jiu Valley to Transilvania.
After the Union there have been made efforts for 30 years to accomplish this link and only after the conclusion of the Bumbesti - Livezeni section this could be named “coal section”.
It was considered one of the most difficult routes in the country, it has been projected as a section of the national western median line, Oradea-Vascau-Varfurile- Brad- Deva- Simeria- Filiasi - Craiova.
The city of Craiova, of approximately 300,000 inhabitants, is the most important town and the administrative center of the county.
The city of Bailesti, with a population of 22,000 inhabitants, has an important agricultural-industrial profile with important farming units and also industrial ones in the fields of electronics, mechanics and the foundry of metals.
The Filiasi town, with a population of 20,000 inhabitants, has industrial units in the fields of electronics, mechanics and wood industry.
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