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The Bucharest light rail ( ro, Metroul ușor or "light metro") is a light rail transit system in
Light rail use more modern rolling stock than First line
(41) tram line is single on its route, meeting other lines only at the end, the 3 route at Piața Presei Libere and the 47 route at Ghencea. Light rail tram lines 32 and 21 are considered light rail due to their low waiting times, superior speed and segregated pathways. They also use new or modernized rolling stock. 32 is single until Calea Ferentari where it meets 11 for a short distance and 23, 27, 7 and 47 from 11 Iunie until its end at Piața Unirii. 21 is mainly single on its route, sharing the line and stops with tram routes 16 and 5 from Piața Sf. Gheorghe to Strada Paleologu. At Bucur Obor (Șoseaua Colentina), it meets route 36 for a short distance, although they have no common stops. From Obor to the other end, it is again single.
Lines 1 and 10 are considered light rail; due to recent modernizations, these routes use upgraded tracks for almost the entire line and mostly new rolling stock. They form a ring around central Bucharest, with line 10 running services clockwise (from Romprim – Piața Sudului – Șura Mare – Șoseaua Viilor – Pasaj Basarab – Bucur Obor – Pod Mihai Bravu – Piața Sudului – Romprim) and line 1 running services counterclockwise (from Romprim – Piața Sudului – Pod Mihai Bravu – Bucur Obor – Pasaj Basarab – Șoseaua Viilor – Șura Mare – Piața Sudului – Romprim). In 2021, it entered in rehabilitation, from Bd Timișoara to Bd Vasile Milea, in order to accommodate new rolling stock.
Line 25, which appeared in 2007 as a temporary line to replace 35, during PASAJ BASARAB works, got highly successful. It has a short waiting time, and quite fast travel, so it is considered light rail by many Citizens, owing to its fully modernised track and quite high speed and high demand. Only downside may be considered old rolling stock.
Most of these lines will receive new rolling stock from May 2022.
The Bucharest light rail ( ro, Metroul ușor or "light metro") is a light rail transit system 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 of ...
, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
.
Operated by the Societatea de Transport București
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Societatea de Transport București (STB; English: Bucharest Transit Corporation) is one of the main public transit operators in Bucharest, Romania, owned by the Municipality of Bucharest. From 1990 to 2018, the company had a different legal st ...
(STB), the municipal public transit
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operator, the service is technically similar to a light rail and not to a light metro
A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS’s trains are usually 1-4 cars, or 1 lig ...
system.
History
Light rail use more modern rolling stock than tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
s and also run on separate designated corridors for faster travel times.
The first line (41) was opened in 2002, and runs through the west part of the city (from FC Steaua București FC Steaua București was a Romanian professional football club of which two current entities are claiming the records. The original ''FC Steaua București'' team was part of the namesake CSA Steaua București sports club and belonged to the Ministr ...
's Ghencea Stadium in the south-west, to the House of the Free Press
The House of the Free Press ( ro, Casa Presei Libere) is a building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the tallest in the city between 1956 and 2007.
History
A horse race track was built in 1905 on the future site of the House of the Free Press. ...
in the north).(41) tram line is single on its route, meeting other lines only at the end, the 3 route at Piața Presei Libere and the 47 route at Ghencea. Light rail tram lines 32 and 21 are considered light rail due to their low waiting times, superior speed and segregated pathways. They also use new or modernized rolling stock. 32 is single until Calea Ferentari where it meets 11 for a short distance and 23, 27, 7 and 47 from 11 Iunie until its end at Piața Unirii. 21 is mainly single on its route, sharing the line and stops with tram routes 16 and 5 from Piața Sf. Gheorghe to Strada Paleologu. At Bucur Obor (Șoseaua Colentina), it meets route 36 for a short distance, although they have no common stops. From Obor to the other end, it is again single.
Lines 1 and 10 are considered light rail; due to recent modernizations, these routes use upgraded tracks for almost the entire line and mostly new rolling stock. They form a ring around central Bucharest, with line 10 running services clockwise (from Romprim – Piața Sudului – Șura Mare – Șoseaua Viilor – Pasaj Basarab – Bucur Obor – Pod Mihai Bravu – Piața Sudului – Romprim) and line 1 running services counterclockwise (from Romprim – Piața Sudului – Pod Mihai Bravu – Bucur Obor – Pasaj Basarab – Șoseaua Viilor – Șura Mare – Piața Sudului – Romprim). In 2021, it entered in rehabilitation, from Bd Timișoara to Bd Vasile Milea, in order to accommodate new rolling stock.
Line 25, which appeared in 2007 as a temporary line to replace 35, during PASAJ BASARAB works, got highly successful. It has a short waiting time, and quite fast travel, so it is considered light rail by many Citizens, owing to its fully modernised track and quite high speed and high demand. Only downside may be considered old rolling stock.
Most of these lines will receive new rolling stock from May 2022.
See also
*Transport in Bucharest Bucharest has the largest transport network in Romania, and one of the largest in Europe. The Bucharest transport network is made up of a metro network and a surface transport network. Although there are multiple connection points, the two systems ...
*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 ...
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