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Bucharest Metro
Sign in to saverapid transit system in Bucharest, Romania
Key facts
- Native name
- Metroul București
- Locale
- Bucharest , Romania
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Number of lines
- 5 ( plus 1 under construction )
- Line number
- M1, M2, M3, M4, M5
- Number of stations
- 64 ( plus 12 under construction )
- Annual ridership
- 142,783,000 passengers (2023)
- Chief executive
- Mariana Miclăuș
- Website
- www.metrorex.ro
- Began operation
- 16 November 1979 ; 46 years ago ( 1979-11-16 )
- Operator s
- Metrorex S.A.
- Number of vehicles
- 594 cars (2018)
- Train length
- 6 car trains
- System length
- 80.1 km (49.8 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,432 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 8 in )
- Electrification
- 750 V DC third rail
- Average speed
- 36 km/h (22 mph)
- Top speed
- 80 km/h (50 mph)
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Romania > BUCHAREST Metro
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Has part
- Bucharest Metro Line M5
- Official name
- Metroul Bucureşti
- Country
- Romania
- Located in
- Bucharest
- Official website
- www.metrorex.ro
- Image
- Trains at Piata Victoriei.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- native label
- Metroul din București
- inception
- 1979-01-01
- Commons category
- Bucharest Metro
- topic's main category
- Category:Bucharest Metro
- Commons gallery
- Bucharest Metro
- patronage
- 179200000
- date of official opening
- 1979-12-19
- described at URL
- www.urbanrail.net/eu/ro/buc/bucurest.htm
- daily patronage
- 720000
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mihai Bravu
Republica M1
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bucharest Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.