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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Tramvaie de epoca -(partea 1) Depoul Victoria - Obor - Sf Gheorghe Length: 3:18 mins. |
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MAPS
BUCHAREST AND SUBURBS
INSET: BUCHAREST - CENTRAL AREA
INSET: BUCHAREST - DOWNTOWN CORE
Note: Names of streets, squares etc. used below and on the maps are as they were in 1938.
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| CD | Cal. Dorobanţilor | SBV | Str. Barbu Văcărescu |
| CLT | Calea Lacul Teiului | SIF | Str. Dr. Iacob Felix |
| SB | Str. Buzeşti |
I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Societatea Comunală pentru construcțiunea și exploatarea tramvaielor în București
| 1 | Com. Colentina – Halele Obor – Calea Moşilor - P. Sfânta Vineri - Splaiul Unirii - Abatorul Comunal |
| 3 | Hipodromul Băneasa - Bd. Mărăşti - Bd. Filantropiei - Str. Buzeşti – Splaiul Independenţei - Piaţa 8 Iunie - Bd. Regina Maria - Antrepozite |
| 4 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe - Piaţa 8 Iunie - Splaiul Independenţei - Isvor - Cal. 13 Septembrie - Com. Lupeasca |
| 5 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Bd. I.C. Brătianu - Cal. Dorobanţilor – Floreasca |
| 7 | Colentina CFR - Halele Obor – Şos. Mihai Bravu - Bd. Ferdinand I - Str. Traian - Piaţa 8 Iunie - Splaiul Independenţei - Str. Uranus - Calea Rahovei - Parcul Rahovei |
| 9 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe - Calea Moşilor - Str. Vasile Lascăr - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Str. Barbu Văcărescu - Calea Lacul Teiului |
| 12 | Regie – Gara de Nord – Bd. Dinicu Golescu - Splaiul Independenţei - Piaţa 8 Iunie – Calea Serban Voda - Parcul Carol – Cimit. Belu |
| 14 | Podul Cotroceni – Bd. Reg. Elisabeta - Bd. Regele Carol - Bd. Pache Protopopescu - Şos. Iancului - Şos. Pantelimon |
| 15 | Str. Bucegi - Cal. Griviţei - Gara de Nord - Bd. Lascar Catargiu - Bd. I.C. Brătianu [back: Str. Poincaré] - Splaiul Independenţei - Bd. Regina Maria - Calea Rahovei - Parcul Rahovei |
| 16 | Obor – Şos. Mihai Bravu - Halele Obor - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Str. Viitorului - [Bd. I.C. Brătianu - Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe] [back: Splaiul Independenţei - Str. Poincaré] - Piaţa 8 Iunie - Cal. Dudeşti – Str. Dristorului |
| 17 | Lacul Tei – Str. Viitorului – Str. Vasile Lascăr - Calea Moşilor - Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe - Piaţa 8 Iunie - Bd. Regina Maria – Parcul Carol – Cimit. Belu - Şos.Giurgiului - Com. Progresul |
| 18 | Str. Dristorului – Bd. I. Gh. Duca – Com. Dudeşti Cioplea |
| 19 | Cal. Griviţei - Bd. Filantropiei - Bd. Lascar Catargiu - Bd. I.C. Brătianu - Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe - P. Sfânta Vineri - Cal. Dudeşti - Str. Theodor D. Speranţia - Bariera Vergului |
| 20 | Bufet - Bd. Filantropiei - Str. Dr. Iacob Felix - Bd. Lascar Catargiu - Bd. I.C. Brătianu [back: Str. Poincaré] - Splaiul Independenţei - Piaţa 8 Iunie - Bd. Regina Maria - Parcul Carol – Cimit. Belu |
| 24 | Regie – Gara de Nord – Bd. Dinicu Golescu - Bd. Reg. Elisabeta - Bd. Regele Carol - Bd. Ferdinand I - Gara de Est |
| 25 | Azilul El. Doamna - Şos. Pandurilor – Cal. 13 Septembrie - Str. Uranus - Splaiul Independenţei - Piaţa 8 Iunie – P. Sfânta Vineri - Cal. Călăraşilor - Bariera Vergului |
| 26 | Gara de Nord – [Cal. Griviţei - Bd. Basarab] [back: Str. Buzeşti] - Şos. Bonaparte - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Şos. Mihai Bravu – Str. Laboratorului |
| 27 | Griviţa CFR - Bd. Bucureşti Noi – Com. Bucureşti Noi |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ?
HISTORY
- City trams (horse-drawn): 28 Dec. 1872 - 1929; (electric): 9 Dec. 1894 - today.
- Metro: 19 Nov. 1979 - today.
GAUGE
- Trams: 1435 mm. (standard gauge)
- Metro: 1432 mm.
SOURCES
- Griffiths, N. "Bucuresti tramways in mid-1993" Light Rail & Modern Tramway. Oct. 1994 (57: 682), p.258-268.
- Johnston, S. "Rebuilding in Bucharest" Tramways & Urban Transit. March 2020 (83: 987), p.99-102.
- Lehnhart, H. & Jeanmaire, C. Tramway systems of Eastern Europe II. Villigen AG (Switzerland): Verlag Eisenbahn, 1977.
- Russell, M. "Romania's tramway revival: Bucureşti" Tramways & Urban Transit. May 2016 (79: 941), p.173-174.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Bucharest: New trams, line refurbishment" Tramways & Urban Transit. Aug. 2007 (70: 836), p.301-304.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- Metrorex
- Organizaţia Non-Guvernamentală "TRANSIRA"
- Societatea de Transport București (STB SA)
- UrbanRail: Bucureşti
Enormous thanks are due to Mr Silviu-Costin Iancu of Bucharest for the large amount of useful information (consisting of maps, route lists, photos, personal communication) concerning the history of tramways in Bucharest.
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