Basarab railway station

CFR GM 63-0847-2 at Basarab with double decker train

Basarab railway station ( ro, Gara Basarab) in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

is situated near the city's main station,

Gara de Nord Bucharest North railway station ( ro, Gara București Nord; officially Bucharest North Group A) is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania. The vast majority of mainline trains to and from Bucharest origi ...

. Built in 1959 to handle a share of the main station's traffic and mainly used by short-distance commuter trains run by

Căile Ferate Române Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) is the state railway carrier of Romania. As of 2014, the railway network of Romania consists of , of which (37.4%) are Railway electrification system, electrified. The total track length is , ...

, it is often considered to be an annex of Gara de Nord, to which it is linked by a footbridge. Basarab railway station is served directly by the

Bucharest Metro The Bucharest Metro ( ro, Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. The network is run by Metrorex. One of two parts of the large ...

system, via

Basarab metro station Basarab is a metro station in Bucharest. It is located near the Basarab railway station (''Gara Basarab''), which is part of Bucharest's main railway station, at the intersection of Calea Griviței and Nicolae Titulescu Avenue. The M1 station ...

. The underground passageway to the Metro station can also be used to cross the train tracks of Gara de Nord, since it has exits on both sides of the tracks. RATB lines: *Tram lines: 1 (on the Basarab Bridge), 35, and 44. *Trolleybus lines: 65 and 86 (only

Grivița Grivița () is a district of Bucharest, Romania, centered on the Grivița Railway Yards (''Atelierele CFR Grivița''), which were and still are an important landmark within the manufacturing landscape of the city. Located near Gara de Nord, thei ...

side). *Bus lines: 105, 123, 133, 162, 178, 282. *Express Bus lines: 780 (Basarab railway station –

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