Editing Bucharest (section)

== Transport ==
[[File:Bucharest_Metro_stationed_in_Eroilor_2_Station.jpg|thumb|[[Bucharest Metro]] has 64 stations.]]
Bucharest is crossed by two major international routes: [[Pan-European corridors|Pan-European transport corridor]] [[Pan-European Corridor IV|IV]] and [[Pan-European Corridor IX|IX]].

=== Public transport ===
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[[File:Otokar Kent C 6556 at Universitate.jpg|thumb|left|[[Otokar Kent]] bus at the Universitate junction]]
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Bucharest's public transport system is the largest in Romania and one of the largest in Europe. It is made up of the [[Bucharest Metro]], run by [[Metrorex]], as well as a surface transport system run by [[RATB|STB]] (''Societatea de Transport București'', previously known as the RATB), which consists of buses, [[Trams in Bucharest|trams]], [[trolleybus]]es, and [[Bucharest Light rail|light rail]]. In addition, a private [[Marshrutka#The South Caucasus states|minibus system]] operates there. {{As of|2007}}, a limit of 10,000 taxicab licences was imposed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfin.ro/articol_8335/atacul_clonelor_in_taximetria_bucuresteana.html |title=Săptămâna Financiară &#124; Anchete &#124; Atacul clonelor în taximetria bucureșteană |publisher=Sfin.ro |access-date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216081436/http://www.sfin.ro/articol_8335/atacul_clonelor_in_taximetria_bucuresteana.html |archive-date=16 February 2009 }}</ref>

The Bucharest Metro consists of five lines ([[M1 Line (Bucharest Metro)|M1]], [[M2 Line|M2]], [[M3 Line|M3]], [[Bucharest Metro Line M4|M4]], and [[Bucharest Metro Line M5|M5]]) ran by [[Metrorex]], and is one of the fastest ways to get around the city. The oldest metro line is M1, which was opened in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://clubferoviar.ro/ziua-metroului/ | title=16 noiembrie, Ziua Metroului. Ce amintiri au Octavian Udriște și alți foști directori | date=16 November 2020 }}</ref> The newest metro line is M5, which was opened in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://metroulbucuresti.com/linia-m5/ | title=Linia M5 Râul Doamnei - Eroilor }}</ref> A sixth metro line, [[Bucharest Metro Line M6|M6]] line, is currently under construction.

=== Railways ===
[[File:Exterior_of_the_Bucharest_North_Station_(04).jpg|thumb|right|[[Gara de Nord]] (North Railway Station)]]
It is the hub of Romania's national railway network, run by ''[[Căile Ferate Române]]''. The main railway station is [[Gara de Nord]] ('North Station'), which provides connections to all major cities in Romania, as well as international destinations: [[Belgrade]], [[Sofia]], [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]], [[Chișinău]], [[Kyiv]], [[Chernivtsi]], [[Lviv]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Vienna]], [[Budapest]], [[Istanbul]], [[Moscow]], etc.

The city has five other railway stations run by CFR, of which the most important are Basarab (adjacent to North Station), Obor, Băneasa, and Progresul. These are in the process of being integrated into a commuter railway serving Bucharest and the surrounding [[Ilfov County]]. Seven main lines radiate out of Bucharest.

The oldest station in Bucharest is Filaret. It was inaugurated in 1869, and in 1960, the communist government turned it in a bus terminal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/bucuresti-povesti-1_531a533d0d133766a8b4de51/index.html |title=Poveștile gărilor din Bucureşti. Cum a vrut Ceauşescu să demoleze Gara de Nord, ridicată din ordinul Regelui Carol I. Filaret, prima gară din București |work=Adevărul |last=Răduță |first=Cristina |date=8 March 2014 |language=ro |access-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617221013/http://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/bucuresti-povesti-1_531a533d0d133766a8b4de51/index.html |archive-date=17 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Otopeni-henri-coanda-airport-march-2013.jpg|260px|thumb|Henri Coandă International Airport]]

=== Air ===
* [[Henri Coandă International Airport]] ([[IATA]]: OTP, [[ICAO]]: LROP), located {{convert|16.5|km|abbr=on}} north of the Bucharest city centre, in the town of [[Otopeni]], Ilfov. It is the busiest airport in Romania, in terms of passenger traffic: 12,807,032 in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.bucharestairports.ro/files/pages_files/AIHCB_WEBSITE_2016_2017_ROM.pdf|title = CNAB|website = bucharestairports.ro|access-date = 1 October 2018|archive-date = 29 May 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210529151216/http://www.bucharestairports.ro/files/pages_files/AIHCB_WEBSITE_2016_2017_ROM.pdf|url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[Aurel Vlaicu International Airport]] (IATA: BBU, ICAO: LRBS) is Bucharest's business and VIP airport. It is situated only {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}} north of the Bucharest city centre, within city limits.

=== Roads ===
Bucharest is a major intersection of [[Roads in Romania|Romania's national road network]]. A few of the busiest national roads and motorways link the city to all of Romania's major cities, as well as to neighbouring countries such as Hungary, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The [[A1 freeway (Romania)|A1]] to Pitești, and from Sibiu to the Hungarian border, the [[A2 motorway (Romania)|A2 Sun Motorway]] to the Dobrogea region and Constanța, and the [[A3 freeway (Romania)|A3]] to Ploiești all start from Bucharest.

By road, Bucharest is located 182.5&nbsp;km from Brașov, 202.9&nbsp;km from Constanța, 407.6&nbsp;km from Iași, 451.2&nbsp;km from Cluj-Napoca, and 544.1&nbsp;km from Timișoara.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://distantarutiera.ro/bucuresti/brasov |title=Distance from Bucharest to Brașov |website=Distantarutiera.ro |access-date=10 March 2025}}</ref>

A series of high-capacity boulevards, which generally radiate out from the city centre to the outskirts, provides a framework for the municipal road system. The main axes, which run north–south, east–west and northwest–southeast, as well as one internal and one external ring road, support the bulk of the traffic.

The city's roads are usually very crowded during rush hours, due to an increase in car ownership in recent years. In 2013, the number of cars registered in Bucharest amounted to 1,125,591.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/o-masina-doi-bucuresteni-arata-parcul-auto-capitala-1_52fa0d92c7b855ff56404c8b/index.html |title=O mașină, la doi bucureșteni. Cum arată parcul auto din Capitală |newspaper=Adevărul |access-date=11 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214234602/http://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/o-masina-doi-bucuresteni-arata-parcul-auto-capitala-1_52fa0d92c7b855ff56404c8b/index.html |archive-date=14 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> This results in wear and [[pothole]]s appearing on busy roads, particularly secondary roads, this being identified as one of Bucharest's main infrastructural problems. A comprehensive effort on behalf of the City Hall to boost road infrastructure was made, and according to the general development plan, 2,000 roads have been repaired by 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.videanu.ro/program/index.php?pag=program&cap=13-6 |title=Rehabilitation of Urban Roads, Phase II |access-date=11 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111022247/http://www.videanu.ro/program/index.php?pag=program&cap=13-6 |archive-date=11 January 2008 }}, from the site of the General Mayor of Bucharest, [[Adriean Videanu]]</ref> The huge number of cars registered in the city forced the Romanian Auto Registry to switch to 3-digit numbers on [[Vehicle registration plates of Romania|registration plates]] in 2010.

On 17 June 2011, the [[Basarab Overpass]] was inaugurated and opened to traffic, thus completing the inner city traffic ring. The overpass took five years to build and is the longest [[cable-stayed bridge]] in Romania and the widest such bridge in Europe;<ref>{{Cite web|author=Noutati |url=http://pasajulbasarab.ro/bucurestenii-beneficiaza-de-cel-mai-mare-punct-intermodal-din-romania.html |title=Bucureștenii beneficiază de cel mai mare punct intermodal din România! " Pasajul Basarab |publisher=Pasajulbasarab.ro |date=28 April 2007 |access-date=15 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825200813/http://pasajulbasarab.ro/bucurestenii-beneficiaza-de-cel-mai-mare-punct-intermodal-din-romania.html |archive-date=25 August 2011 }}</ref> upon completion, traffic on the [[Grant Bridge]] and in the Gara de Nord area became noticeably more fluid.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-9227102-video-primele-efecte-ale-pasajului-basarab-cum-degrevat-traficul-podul-grant-din-zona-garii-nord.htm |title=Video – Primele efecte ale Pasajului Basarab: Cum s-a degrevat traficul de pe Podul Grant și din zona Gării de Nord – Esențial |publisher=HotNews |access-date=15 September 2011 |date=July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902024015/http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-9227102-video-primele-efecte-ale-pasajului-basarab-cum-degrevat-traficul-podul-grant-din-zona-garii-nord.htm |archive-date=2 September 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery class="center"> 
File:LaminoruluiStation2.jpg|[[Bucharest Metro]]
File:Tramvai Imperio Metropoltan (București) - Exterior, Față.jpg|[[Astra Imperio]]
File:405(2016.06.15)-1- Bucur LF-CH (27411159710).jpg|[[Bucur LF]] tram on [[Basarab Overpass]]
File:STB S.A. Mercedes Citaro cu motor de propulsie Euro 6 sau HYBRID.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz Citaro]] 
File:Bucharest Solaris Trollino 12M.jpg|[[Solaris Trollino]]
File:Pasajul Basarab - Noaptea.jpg|[[Basarab Overpass]] 
File:Strada Buzesti.jpg|Buzești Street
</gallery>

=== Water ===
[[File:Dambovita_near_Ciurel_Bridge_in_Bucharest.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dâmbovița (river)|Dâmbovița]] river in Bucharest]]
Although it is situated on the banks of a river, Bucharest has never functioned as a port city. Other Romanian cities such as [[Constanța]] and [[Galați]] serve as the country's main ports. The unfinished [[Danube-Bucharest Canal]], which is {{convert|73|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long and around 70% completed, could link Bucharest to the [[Danube River]], and via the [[Danube-Black Sea Canal]], to the [[Black Sea]]. Works on the canal were suspended in 1989, but proposals have been made to resume construction as part of the European Strategy for the Danube Region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/forbes/out_front/Forbes-Canalul-Dunare-Bucuresti-Criza-mondiala_0_389361252.html|title=Danube-Bucharest Canal vs. the Global Crisis|date=13 December 2010|access-date=5 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911141425/http://www.adevarul.ro/forbes/out_front/Forbes-Canalul-Dunare-Bucuresti-Criza-mondiala_0_389361252.html|archive-date=11 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>