Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), part of the Austrian railway company ÖBB, launched on 24 June 2009 in Romania the Cross-Border Freight Railway service. This event coincided with the Austrian national freight operator entering the Romanian market, thus becoming the first foreign freight operator present in Romania.

The ceremony for the official launch was held at Gara de Nord in Bucharest and it included the presentation of the type of locomotive that will operate on the route which will include the Romania northern section of Corridor IV.