Editing Bucharest (section)

==Transportation==

[http://www.salutbucuresti.ro/harta/?lang=en An interactive map of Bucharest]

How to get in Bucharest by plane, buses, or travel in the city or outside it ... see all below!

===Transportation Maps===

[http://www.ratb.ro/index.php?page=harta surface transportation (buses and trams)]

[http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/buc/bucurest.htm Metro lines (in RO: magistrala(sg) / magistrale (pl))] 

[http://www.metrorex.ro/index.php?p=9 Metro Map]

===Night transportation===

between 23:00 - 01:00 every 30 minute

between 01:00 - 05:00  every 60 minute

between 05:00 - 06:00  every 30 minute

[http://www.ratb.ro/v_noapte.php Bus Lines + their routes]

[http://www.ratb.ro/maps1/Trasee_noapte.pdf Map of night buses]

===Road Distances===

[http://www.travelworld.ro/en/distances/romania_distance.php InterRail info, in Romanian]

===Airports===

* [http://www.baneasa-airport.ro/ Bucuresti Baneasa - Aurel Vlaicu Airport - BBU]
Address:  Bucuresti, DN1 Bucuresti - Ploiesti nr. km 4 
Tel: 021 - 232.00.20
Fax: 021 - 232.36.87 
E-mail: office@baneasa.aero

* [http://www.otp-airport.ro Bucuresti Otopeni - Henry Coanda Airport - OTP]
Address:  Bucuresti, DN1 Bucuresti - Ploiesti nr. km 16 
Tel: 021 - 201.40.00; 021 - 201.40.50
Fax: 021 - 201. 49.90
E-mail: otp@otp-airport.ro

====From the Airports to the Center====

* From [http://www.otp-airport.ro/index.php Otopeni Airport] (end of the line) you can take express bus number 783 to the Victory Square (Piata Victoriei) or Universitatii Square (piata Universitatii) or Unirii Square (Piata Unirii) = end of the line. 

Each one of these stations in Bucharest has connection to the [http://www.marshal.ro/images/harta_metrou_bucuresti.jpg  Metro] network.

* by bus:783 Express Line:

Pta Unirii (5:30, 23:00), N. Balcescu, Lascar Catargiu, Aviatorilor, N. Prezan, Sos. Kiseleff, Sos. Bucuresti/Ploiesti, Aeroport Baneasa, Aeroport Henry Coanda (5:30, 23:00) 

last bus is at 23:00 / 11pm ---- first bus is at 05:30am

here is the stations time schedule:

http://www.ratb.ro/download/trasee/783_AEROPORT_OTOPENI.pdf
http://www.ratb.ro/download/trasee/783_PIATA_UNIRII.pdf

Tickets (valid for 2 trips or 2 persons) cost 7 Lei.

* From [http://www.baneasa-airport.ro/ Baneasa Airport] you can also take the express line 783, or 780 or tram number5.

* You can take a taxi. Check the tariff before.

====From the Airports to the Railway Station====

If you wish to connect from [http://www.baneasa-airport.ro/ Baneasa Airport] (normal ticket 1.3 lei) - it will take you to [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gara_de_Nord Gara de Nord (Noth Train Station)]  you can take bus 205

Linia 780 

Str. Fluviului(05:15;22:45), Bd. Dinicu Golescu, Piata Garii de Nord, Calea Grivitei, Str. Clabucet, Str. Av. Popisteanu, Bd. Expozitiei, Piata Presei Libere, Sos. Bucuresti-Ploiesti, Aeroportul International Henri Coanda(05:30;23:00) 


first bus 5:15, last one: 23:00 

here is the stations time schedule:

http://www.ratb.ro/download/trasee/780AEROPORTOTOPENI.pdf
http://www.ratb.ro/download/trasee/780FLUVIULUI.pdf

===Taxi===
All cabs / taxi in Bucharest are yellow! The price per km are written on sides of the car and inside on the counter (taxameter)! Taxis can be summoned by telephone or hailed on the street. 

Usually the price per km is around 1.4 to 2 Lei.
Check the taxi fares and ask the driver to confirm the approximate cost of the ride, if not sure. 
Please be aware that some taxi companies are much more expensive than others, so make sure you don't pay more than about 2 lei/km.

You might need to add 0040 (Romania code) + 21 (Bucharest code) in front of the number. These are recommended companies. Call them in this order:

Occident - 9413;
Pelicanul - 9665;
Taxi 2000 - 9494;
Cobalcescu – 9451; 
Cristaxi – 9461;
As - 9435;
Sheriff - 9439;
Stass - 9498;
Tess - 9638;
Alfa – 9488; 
Leone – 9425; 
Meridian – 9444;
Mondial– 9423;
Perozzi – 9631;
Prof Taxi - 9422;
Speed – 9477

[http://www.romaniatourism.com/bucharest.html#transportation Phone numbers of taxi companies]

===Bus lines===

[http://www.autogari.ro/ Bus routes in Romanian] / [http://www.autogari.ro/?&lang=UK Bus routes in English]

* Eurolines Romania

[http://eurolines.ro/index.html Romanian version] / [http://eurolines.ro/site_eng/index.html English version]

* Atlassib

[http://www.atlassib.ro/ Romanian version] / [http://www.atlassib.ro/csp/webatlass/index.csp?lang=2 English version]

* C&I [http://www.cdy.ro/home.php Romanian version]

* [http://www.infotravelromania.ro/transport.html Connections from Romania to other countries by bus]

On the link above you will find contact method, price, schedule, adress, etc.

Connections to: Germany, Spain, Italy, France, England, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Switzerland, Marocco, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Ireland, Turkey

===Bikes===

[http://www.maimultverde.ro/cicloteque Cicloteque]

Bicicle park with 100 bicicles in Bucharest.

ADRESS: Bd. Mihail Kogălniceanu Nr. 36-46, Sector 5 Bucureşti

Metrou: Staţia Eroilor / Bus line: 122, 137, 268, 336, 601, 61, 69, 90, 91

T 0755 CENTRU (+40755236878); email: centru@cicloteque.ro

Schedule: monday – friday: 8:00 – 22:00 / saturday & sunday : 10:00 – 22 :00

TARIFFS:

Access you Cicloteque services is made by member card. Any person older than 18 years can become a member.

Membership tariffs:

100 LEI / year* - whole tariff / 50 LEI / year* 

- with discounts for students or retired people; you need to prove this by student card or talon de pensie)
* 12 months from the subscription time.

A Cicloteque member can rent 1 bicycle along with other accesories: anti-stolen chain, protection helmet.
The renting period is from the the moment the bike is rented and till you bring it back (+ accesories). 

Renting is by hour(/h), with returnal in 12 hours(/12h) or with returnal 2nd day (/24h). 

Renting tariffs:

1h: 2 LEI (whole tariff) / 1 LEU (Discount tariff)

12h: 10 LEI (whole tariff) / 5 LEI (Discount tariff)

24h: 20 LEI (whole tariff) / 10 LEI (Discount tariff)

If the member is in the situation of impossible restitution before the expiring renting time, or simply wish to extend the renting term, he / she can announce this through a call. Members can operate term extendings maximum 72h.

Starting from august, you can park your bicicle in special places:

UniCredit Gheţarilor, Cărturesti Verona,  Facultatea de Litere,  Facultatea de Drept 
Politehnica Electronica (Leu), Politehnica Automatica (Rectorat), ASE Moxa 
ASE Agronomie, Copacul de Hârtie (Str. Domniţa Ruxandra 15)

===Car Rentals===

[http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&q=CAR+RENTAL+IN+BUCHAREST&meta= Car Rental]

===Trains===

The main railway station of Bucharest is "Gara de Nord" (Bucharest Nord). It is well connected to the public transportation network (metro station "Gara de Nord" + many buses/trolleys).
All the international trains come and go from here.

* National(internal) trains - for which you can also see the price of the ticket
[http://www.infofer.ro/ Romanian]
[http://www.infofer.ro/default_engleza.asp?lng=2 English]

* International trains
[http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml German Railways site (English)]

On the site you can see the route, departure and arrival time, but the ticket price is available only at the railway stations or agencies.

For more information (prices and timetable) you should either go the main "CFR Agency" located in Brezoianu Str. 10, telephone: (004)0213132642 or call them at (004)0213145528. If you want to visit more Balkan countries at once, you can ask about the special train ticket called "Balkan Flexipass".

* [https://bileteonline.cfrcalatori.ro/loginuser.aspx Online train tickets]

Informatii suplimentare despre acest serviciu se pot obţine la telefon: (004)0731990129, de luni până vineri in intervalul orar 9.00-15.00 sau la adresa de email : bileteonline@cfrcalatori.ro

You can obtain more suplimentary info calling this number: (0040)0731990129, from Monday till Friday, between 9am - 3pm or by e-mail: bileteonline@cfrcalatori.ro.

* [http://www.cfrcalatori.ro/1/index.php?q=detnoutati&id=26&s=1&&b=on&tab=1 Tickets reservations via phone:]

rezervare prin telefon a biletelor de tren 
15-Feb-2008 
Serviciul de rezervare telefonica a biletelor functioneaza demonstrându-si eficienta si utilitatea din anul 2001, în Gara de Nord din Bucuresti – la numarul 9522, iar începând cu data de 01 august 2006, s-a extins astfel:

în gara din Constanta la nr. 0727 999952 

în gara din Timisoara Nord la nr. 0256 200457 

în gara din Cluj Napoca la nr. 0264 952 

în gara din Brasov la nr. 0268 421700
 
în gara din Iasi la nr. 0232 202777 

în gara din Galati la nr. 0236 496000 

Caracteristicile serviciului de rezervare prin telefon :

rezervarile de locuri se fac numai în ziua plecarii trenului, la vagoanele clasa din compunerea trenurilor care circula în trafic local cu plecare din statiile sus amintite; 
serviciul poate fi utilizat si de catre beneficiarii de reduceri din tarifele de transport pe calea ferata, cu conditia ca la ridicarea biletului sa poata dovedi reducerea; 
biletele se ridica cel mai tarziu cu 30 minute înainte de plecarea trenului, în caz contrar rezervarea se pierde. Fata de contravaloarea biletului de tren se mai achita o taxa de rezervare de 3RON; 

tariful pentru apeluri este cel obisnuit si aferent retelei de telefonie în care se efectueaza convorbirea; 
programul de lucru cu publicul este permanent;