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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Bucharest | Tatra T4R & lots of variety! [2022] Length: 37:23 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Bucharest, Romania 2022 Length: 11:42 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Metro in Bucharest, Romania 2022 Length: 12:18 mins. |
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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
| GB | Gara Basarab | ŞV | Şoseaua Viilor |
| SB | Str. Buzeşti | SVL | Str. Vasile Lascăr |
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.
ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti (RATB)
| 1 | Pasaj Colentina - Şos. Colentina – Str. Ziduri Moşi – Bd. Ferdinand I - Şos. Mihai Bravu - P. Sudului - Intrep. ROMPRIM |
| 2 | 16 Februarie – Calea Giuleşti – Grozăveşti – Str. Progresului - Calea Rahovei – Alexandria |
| 3 | Piaţa Presei Libere - Bd. Mărăşti - Bd. Ion Mihalache - Str. Buzeşti – Cal. Plevnei |
| 5 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Calea Moşilor –Str. Vasile Lascăr – Str. Barbu Văcărescu – Aeroport Băneasa |
| 7 | Str. Şura Mare - Şos.Giurgiului - C.F.R. Progresul |
| 8 | Depoul Militari – Bd. Timişoara - Ghencea - Cal. 13 Septembrie – Str. Progresului - Calea Rahovei – Cal. Ferentari – P. Ferentari - Zeţarilor |
| 9 | Gara Basarab – Grozăveşti - Str. Progresului - Şos. Viilor - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - P. Sudului – Şos. Berceni - Berceni |
| 11 | 16 Februarie – Calea Giuleşti – Grozăveşti – Str. Progresului - Şos. Viilor – P. Eroii Revoluţiei - P. Sudului - Intrep. ROMPRIM |
| 12 | Gara Basarab – Grozăveşti - Str. Progresului - Şos. Viilor - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Şos.Giurgiului - C.F.R. Progresul |
| 14 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Hala Traian – Bd. Ferdinand I – Şos. Pantelimon - Granitul |
| 15 | Alexandria - Calea Rahovei – Str. Progresului – Bd. Mărăşeşti - Cal. Dudeşti - Bd. Camil Ressu - Complex RATB Titan |
| 16 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Calea Moşilor – Str. Vasile Lascăr - Str. Viitorului – Bd. Lacul Tei – Platf. Industrială Pipera |
| 17 | Platf. Industrială Pipera - Bd. Lacul Tei – Obor – Şos. Mihai Bravu - P. Sudului - Şos.Giurgiului - C.F.R. Progresul |
| 18 | Parcul Rahova - Calea Rahovei – Str. Progresului - Şos. Viilor - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Şos. Giurgiului - C.F.R. Progresul |
| 19 | Str. Şura Mare - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Timpuri Noi - Calea Dudeşti - Bd. Camil Ressu – Complex RATB Titan |
| 20 | Laromet - Bd. Bucureşti Noi - Cal. Griviţei – Bd. Ion Mihalache - Str. Buzeşti – Cal. Plevnei |
| 21 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Calea Moşilor – Şos. Colentina - Pasaj Colentina |
| 23 | Faur SA - Str. Liviu Rebreanu - Bd. Camil Ressu - Cal. Dudeşti - Bd. Mărăşeşti - Bd. George Coşbuc - Calea Rahovei – Cal. Ferentari – P. Ferentari - Zeţarilor |
| 24 | General Berthelot - Cal. Griviţei - Bd. Ion Mihalache - Cal. Griviţei - Str. Coralilor |
| 27 | Baba Novac - Bd. Camil Ressu - Complex RATB Titan |
| 28 | Granitul - FCME |
| 29 | C.F.R. Progresul - Jilava |
| 30 | Alexandria - Calea Rahovei - Bd. George Coşbuc - Bd. Mărăşeşti - Calea Dudeşti - Baba Novac |
| 31 | Lizeanu - Str. Ziduri Moşi [back: Obor] - Şos. Mihai Bravu - Bd. Basarabia - Republica |
| 32 | Piaţa Unirii - Bd. George Coşbuc - Calea Rahovei - Alexandria |
| 33 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Hala Traian – Bd. Pache Protopopescu - Şos. Pantelimon - Granitul |
| 34 | Gara de Nord - Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Şos. Mihai Bravu - P. Sudului - Intrep. ROMPRIM |
| 35 | Cal. Plevnei - Bd. D. Golescu - Gara Basarab – Grozăveşti - Bd. Timişoara - Depoul Militari |
| 36 | Platf. Industrială Pipera - Bd. Lacul Tei – Obor – Şos. Mihai Bravu - Bd. Basarabia - Republica |
| 37 | Cal. Plevnei - Bd. D. Golescu - Gara Basarab – Grozăveşti - Str. Progresului - Calea Rahovei - Alexandria |
| 39 | Str. Şura Mare - Şos. Giurgiului - Şos. Zeţarilor - Zeţarilor |
| 40 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe - Hala Traian - Bd. Basarabia - Republica |
| 41 | Piaţa Presei Libere - Bd. Mărăşti – Podul Grant - Şos. Virtuţii - Ghencea |
| 42 | Piaţa Presei Libere - Bd. Mărăşti – Podul Grant - Şos. Virtuţii - Bd. Timişoara - Depoul Militari |
| 43 | Granitul - Şos. Pantelimon - Şos. Iancului - Bd. Pache Protopopescu - Bd. Ferdinand I - Şos. Pantelimon - Granitul [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 44 | 16 Februarie – Calea Giuleşti – Gara Basarab – Bd. D. Golescu - Cal. Plevnei |
| 45 | General Berthelot - Cal. Griviţei - Str. Buzeşti – Bd. Ion Mihalache - Cal. Griviţei - Şos. Chitilei - Str. Mezeş |
| 46 | Baba Novac - Şos. Mihai Bravu - P. Sudului – Şos. Berceni - Berceni |
| 47 | CET Vest - Bd. Timişoara - Str. Progresului - Cal. 13 Septembrie - Ghencea - Bd. Timişoara - CET Vest [Loop route, clockwise; circulates at CET shift times only] |
| 48 | CET Vest - Bd. Timişoara - Ghencea - Cal. 13 Septembrie - Str. Progresului - Bd. Timişoara - CET Vest [Loop route, counterclockwise; circulates at CET shift times only] |
| 50 | Faur SA - Str. Liviu Rebreanu - Bd. Camil Ressu - Baba Novac |
| 52 | General Berthelot - Cal. Griviţei - Gara de Nord - Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara - Şos. Ştefan cel Mare - Str. Ziduri Moşi [back: Şos. Mihai Bravu – Obor] - Staţia Obor |
METRO ROUTES
Operator: Metrorex
| M1 | Dristor - Piaţa Muncii - Obor - Piaţa Victoriei - Gara de Nord - Crângaşi - Eroilor - Izvor - Piaţa Unirii - Timpuri Noi - Dristor - Republica. Shuttle: Republica - Pantelimon |
| M2 | Pipera - Piaţa Victoriei - Piaţa Romană - Piaţa Unirii - P. Eroii Revoluţiei - Berceni |
| M3 | Preciziei - Eroilor - Izvor - Piaţa Unirii - Timpuri Noi - Dristor |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ca. 170 km.
- Metro: 57.2 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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