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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Tramvaie de epoca -(partea 1) Depoul Victoria - Obor - Sf Gheorghe Length: 3:18 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Bucharest | Tatra T4R & lots of variety! [2022] Length: 37:23 mins. |
PHOTOS
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL BUCHAREST
Note: Names of streets, squares etc. used below and on the maps are as they are today.
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| Bd.Ex. | Bd. Exposiţiei | SB | Str. Buzeşti |
| CD | Cal. Dorobanţilor | SI | Splaiul Independenţei |
| PSV | P. Sfânta Vineri |
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: Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti (RATB)
| 1 | Şos. Colentina – Obor – Calea Moşilor - P. Sfânta Vineri - Timpuri Noi - Splaiul Unirii |
| 2 | 16 Februarie – Calea Giuleşti – Gara de Nord – Bd. Dinicu Golescu - Podul Izvor – Str. Uranus – Calea Rahovei – Alexandria |
| 3 | Str. Mezeş – Şos. Chitilei – Cal. Griviţei – Bd. Exposiţiei - Bd. Mărăşti - Bd. Ion Mihalache - Str. Buzeşti – Podul Izvor - Str. Uranus – Cal. 13 Septembrie – Cartier T. Vladimirescu |
| 4 | Piaţa Presei Libere – Bd. Mărăşti - Bd. Ion Mihalache - Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara – Şos. Ştefan cel Mare – Obor - Şos. Colentina |
| 5 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Calea Moşilor – Piaţa C.A. Rosetti - Str. Vasile Lascăr - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Cal. Dorobanţilor – Cal. Floreasca – Şos. Pipera |
| 6 | Nuferilor - Cal. Griviţei – Bd. Bucureşti Noi - Laromet |
| 7 | Podul Izvor – Splaiul Independenţei – Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria - Parcul Carol – P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Şos.Giurgiului - C.F.R. Progresul |
| 8 | Cartier T. Vladimirescu - Cal. 13 Septembrie – Str. Uranus - Podul Izvor - Splaiul Independenţei – Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria - Bd. George Coşbuc - Calea Rahovei – Cal. Ferentari – P. Ferentari |
| 9 | Stăv. Ciurei - Splaiul Independenţei – Grădina Botanică – Şos. Panduri – Şos. Viilor - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - P. Sudului – Şos. Berceni - IMGB |
| 10 | Nuferilor - Cal. Griviţei – Şos. Chitilei - Str. Mezeş |
| 11 | 16 Februarie – Calea Giuleşti – Grozăveşti – Grădina Botanică - Şos. Panduri – Şos. Viilor – P. Eroii Revoluţiei - P. Sudului |
| 12 | Bd. Regiei – Gara de Nord – Bd. Dinicu Golescu - Podul Izvor – Splaiul Independenţei - Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria - Parcul Carol – P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Şos.Giurgiului - C.F.R. Progresul |
| 13 | ITB Militari – Bd. Iuliu Maniu - Grădina Botanică - Splaiul Independenţei – Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Hala Traian – Bd. Pache Protopopescu - Şos. Iancului – Şos. Pantelimon |
| 14 | Stăv. Ciurei - Splaiul Independenţei – Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Hala Traian – Bd. Ferdinand I – Şos. Pantelimon - Granitul |
| 15 | Alexandria - Calea Rahovei – Bd. George Coşbuc - Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Hala Traian – P. Muncii |
| 16 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Calea Moşilor – Piaţa C.A. Rosetti - Str. Vasile Lascăr - Str. Viitorului – Bd. Lacul Tei – Platf. Industrială Pipera |
| 17 | Bd. Lacul Tei – Str. Viitorului – Str. Vasile Lascăr - Piaţa C.A. Rosetti - Calea Moşilor – P. Sf. Gheorghe - P. Sfânta Vineri – Timpuri Noi - Parcul Carol – P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Şos.Giurgiului - C.F.R. Progresul |
| 18 | Alexandria - Calea Rahovei – Str. Uranus – Podul Izvor - Splaiul Independenţei – Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Bd. George Coşbuc - Calea Rahovei – Alexandria [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 19 | P. Sfânta Vineri - Calea Dudeşti - Bd. Camil Ressu – Complex RATB Titan |
| 20 | Laromet - Bd. Bucureşti Noi - Cal. Griviţei – Bd. Ion Mihalache - Str. Buzeşti – Podul Izvor - Str. Uranus – Cal. 13 Septembrie – Şos. Viilor - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Str. Şura Mare |
| 21 | Şos. Colentina – Obor – Calea Moşilor - Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe |
| 22 | P. Sfânta Vineri - Timpuri Noi - Parcul Carol – P. Eroii Revoluţiei - P. Sudului – Şos. Berceni - IMGB |
| 23 | Uzina Republica - Bd. Basarabia - P. Muncii - Hala Traian - Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria - Bd. George Coşbuc - Calea Rahovei – Cal. Ferentari – P. Ferentari |
| 24 | Uzina Republica - Bd. Basarabia - P. Muncii - Şos. Mihai Bravu - Obor - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare – Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara – Gara de Nord - Cal. Griviţei - Bd. Bucureşti Noi - Str. Coralilor |
| 25 | ITB Militari – Bd. Iuliu Maniu - Şos. Panduri – Cal. 13 Septembrie - Str. Uranus - Podul Izvor |
| 26 | Palatul Cotroceni - Şos. Panduri - Şos. Viilor - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Parcul Carol Timpuri Noi - Splaiul Unirii - Şos. Mihai Bravu - Obor - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara - Str. Buzeşti – Bd. D. Golescu - Grozăveşti - Grădina Botanică - Palatul Cotroceni [Circular route, both directions] |
| 27 | Gara de Nord - Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Obor - Şos. Mihai Bravu - Bd. Camil Ressu - Complex RATB Titan |
| 28 | Granitul - FCME |
| 29 | C.F.R. Progresul - Jilava |
| 30 | Podul Izvor – Splaiul Independenţei – Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria - Calea Dudeşti - Bd. Camil Ressu – Str. Liviu Rebreanu – Barajul Dunarii |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ca.175 km.
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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