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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
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| BB | Bd. Basarabia | ŞV | Şoseaua Viilor |
| CG | Corneliu Goposu | SVL | Str. Vasile Lascăr |
| GB | Gara Basarab |
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 | Romprim – Şos. Olteniţei – P. Sudului – Şos. Mihai Bravu – Şos. Ştefan cel Mare – Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara – Banu Manta – Bul. Doinea Cornea – Str. Progresului – Şoseaua Viilor – P. Eroii Revoluţiei – Str. Şura Mare – Şos. Olteniţei - Romprim [Loop route, counterclockwise] | 4 | P. Sfânta Vineri – Corneliu Goposu – Hala Traian – [Piaţa Muncii – Bd. Basarabia – Bd.Chišinau - Şos. Iancului] [Loop route, counterclockwise] |
| 7 | Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Parcul Carol – Şos. Viilor – P. Eroii Revoluţiei – Str. Şura Mare – Şos. Giurgiului – C.F.R. Progresul |
| 10 | Romprim – Şos. Olteniţei – Str. Şura Mare – Şos. Olteniţei – P. Eroii Revoluţiei – Şoseaua Viilor – Str. Progresului – Bul. Doinea Cornea – Banu Manta – Bd. Iancu de Hunedoara – Şos. Ştefan cel Mare – Şos. Mihai Bravu – P. Sudului – Şos. Olteniţei – Str. Şura Mare – Şos. Olteniţei -Romprim [Loop route, counterclockwise] |
| 11 | 16 Februarie – Calea Giuleşti – Bul. Doinea Cornea – Str. Progresului – Calea Rahovei – Cal. Ferentari – P. Ferentari – Zeţarilor |
| 14 | P. Sfânta Vineri – Corneliu Goposu – Hala Traian – Bd. Ferdinand I – Şos. Pantelimon – Pantelimon |
| 17 | P. Sfânta Vineri – Corneliu Goposu – Str. Vasile Lascăr – Str. Viitorului – Bd. Lacul Tei |
| 19 | Bd. Basarabia – Bd. 1 Dec.1918 – Bd. Theodor Pallad – Complex Com. Titan |
| 21 | Piaţa Sf. Gheorghe – Calea Moşilor – Şos. Colentina – Pasaj Colentina |
| 23 | FAUR poarta 4 – Barajul Dunarii – Str. Liviu Rebreanu – Bd. Camil Ressu – Cal. Dudeşti – Bd. Mărăşeşti – Bd. George Coşbuc – Calea Rahovei – Cal. Ferentari – P. Ferentari – Zeţarilor |
| 25 | Depoul Militari – Preciziei – Bd. Timişoara – Str. Progresului – Şos. Viilor – P. Eroii Revoluţiei – Str. Şura Mare – Şos.Giurgiului – C.F.R. Progresul |
| 27 | Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Bd. Mărăşeşti – Cal. Dudeşti – Bd. Camil Ressu – Nicolae Grigorescu – Bd. Theodor Pallady – Complex Com. Titan |
| 32 | Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Bd. George Coşbuc – Calea Rahovei – Alexandria |
| 36 | Bd. Lacul Tei – Str. Ziduri Moşi – Şos. Pantelimon – Pantelimon |
| 40 | P. Sfânta Vineri – Corneliu Goposu – Hala Traian – [Şos. Iancului – Bd.Chišinau – Bd. Basarabia – Piaţa Muncii] [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 41 | Piaţa Presei Libere – Bd. Mărăşti – Podul Grant – Şos. Virtuţii – Ghencea |
| 44 | Vasile Pârvan – Bd. D. Golescu – Gara Basarab – Calea Giuleşti – 16 Februarie |
| 47 | Piaţa Unirii – Bd. Regina Maria – Parcul Carol – Str. Progresului – Cal. 13 Septembrie – Ghencea |
| 49 | Bd.1 Dec.1918 – FAUR poarta 4 – Bd. Theodor Pallady – Complex Com. Titan |
| 53 | Str. Mezeş – Şos. Chitilei – Bd. Bucureşti Noi – Cartier Dămăroaia |
| 55 | P. Sfânta Vineri – Corneliu Goposu – Hala Traian – Şos. Iancului – Şos. Pantelimon – Pantelimon |
METRO ROUTES
Operator: Metrorex
| M1 | Dristor – Piaţa Muncii – Obor – Piaţa Victoriei – Gara de Nord – Crângaşi – Eroilor – Izvor – Piaţa Unirii – Timpuri Noi – Dristor – Nicolae Grigorescu – Republica – Pantelimon |
| M2 | Pipera – Piaţa Victoriei – Piaţa Romană – Piaţa Unirii – P. Eroii Revoluţiei – P. Sudului – Berceni – Tudor Arghezi |
| M3 | Preciziei – Eroilor – Izvor – Piaţa Unirii – Timpuri Noi – Dristor – Nicolae Grigorescu – Anghel Saligny |
| M4 | Gara de Nord – 1 Mai – Străulești |
| M5 | Eroilor – Râul Doamnei / Valea Ialomiţei |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ca. 135 km.
- Metro: 80.1 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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