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- Opened in 1979, Bucharest's metro should be better than it is. With four lines and 45 stations, the system is certainly clean, reliable, safe and cheap, but much is wrong. It is not user friendly, and can be confusing for the novice. The city centre is poorly served and the stations are poorly marked at platform level. Announcements are inaudible and it's best to count the stations to make sure that you alight at the correct place. The only maps that can be understood in any way are at station entrances at street level. We've included our own map which should make things easier. The most frequently used line is the north-south M2 line (going from Pipera to IMGB, taking in Piata Victoriei, Piata Romana, Universitatii and Unirii on the way). Services on line M3, which serves Gara de Nord and many residential areas, can be infrequent, as can line M1, which runs on a similar route. Line M4 is brand new, looks good enough, but only currently has four stations serving residential districts in the northwest of the city. Trains trundle up and down between 05:30 - 23:15 and are supposed to run with a frequency of between 3-12 minutes on weekdays (a little less at weekends), but sometimes the length of waits can be almost unbearable. There is one toilet on the entire system - at the McDonald's at Unirii station. Pickpockets love the metro, but there is rarely any violent crime.
- Even though the public transport network is cheap, extensive and reliable, taking a bus, trolleybus or tram can be a headache due to the amount of people that cram on to the blasted things. A total lack of air conditioning makes the use of public transport highly undesirable at any time of year. Anyway, tickets valid for one journey cost 6,000 lei and must be purchased before climbing aboard, then punched in one of the strange looking devices located all over the vehicle (watch how others do it first). Ticket inspectors ( controlor ) are ubiquitous, and if you are caught without a ticket you'll pay a fine. Pickpocketing is as rife as can be: the 783 (airport express), 331, 335 and 300 bus routes, as well as all the trolleybus routes that pass Piata Universitatii and tram 21 and 32 are notoriously bad. Buses are also badly lit at night, and generally empty. Travel on expres buses (slow, noisy Parisian hand-me-downs) requires buying a special magnetic ticket, available from the RATB kiosks at Piata Romana. The RATB head office is at (H-5), Calea Serban Voda 164-168, tel. 336 56 50, www.ratb.ro.
- One school of thought believes that train travel in Romania is cheap, reliable and efficient. Such thinking is correct, but is only half of the story. Train travel is cheap because the infrastructure is decrepit, reliable because there are few trains, and efficient because the system is overstaffed. Now, it would be unfair of us not to commend the recent investment in new rolling stock, which has seen the arrival of Sageti Albatsre (Blue Arrow) trains, (classed as InterCity) which can whiz you around the country in relative speed and comfort. However, such trains are few and far between, and currently serve only Sinaia, Predeal, Brasov, Timisoara and Constanta from Bucharest. Other Blue Arrows serve the Sibiu-Brasov line, and the Cluj-Satu Mare route. There are four types of train in Romania: Personal , Acelerat , Rapid and the aforementioned InterCity . Personal trains are living hell. Stopping at all stations and halts they are slow and tortuous, dirty and crowded. Though somewhat disturbed visitors are often taken aback at the Personal second class carriages (which are double-decker affairs), these trains should be avoided at all costs, unless imminent bankruptcy demands otherwise. They are, after all, undeniably cheap. Acelerat trains serve larger towns and cities, but remain slow and dirty. Do not think that buying a first class ticket will ensure comfortable accommodation. It will not. Carriages are often unheated, not pleasant in winter. Rapid trains are slightly better, usually heated, and slightly cleaner than Acelerats . Stopping only at major cities they are slight quicker too, but all this is relative. In comparison to trains in other countries (including Romania's neighbours) you will be disgusted at the filth you be asked to face. Of toilets on Romania's trains, even Rapids , we can say little except make sure you go before getting on board. InterCitys are the great white hope of the Romanian railways. Even those which are not Blue Arrows are quick, clean, modern, heated, have usable toliets, but, alas, InterCity services are few, and serve only major cities. Nevertheless, if you do need to travel by train we suggest doing it InterCity only, and leaving earlier or later than you originally intended in order to do so is often well worth while. All the trains listed here are InterCity, those marked BA are the ultra-modern Blue Arrows. Seat reservations and ticket purchases can be made at least a day in advance at SNCFR agencies around town, and also by phone from 05:00 to 23:00 up to 30 minutes before departure (you collect and pay for the ticket at the special window at Gara de Nord; the service commands a 20,000 lei fee on top of the price of the ticket). Beds on overnight trains have to be booked in advance at the SNCFR agencies or at Wasteels. They cannot be reserved at Gara de Nord. Most international trains leave from Gara de Nord, (A-3). Information tel. 9521/018 60 09 52/223 08 80 (for lost luggage ask for interior 5764). You are not allowed inside the station without a valid ticket or a platform pass (3,000 lei). International tickets are sold at casa N°1 in the first class ticket hall (casele de bilete CLI); windows N°8 and 9 sell tickets for sleepers. In the second class ticket hall (casele de bilete CLII), less than dear old ladies at windows N°26 and 28 unenthusiastically dole out information in Romanian. For more information about Gara de Nord, see Arriving in Bucharest). Some trains to Tulcea (for the Danube Delta) and Snagov leave from Gara Obor, (J-2), B-dul Garii Obor 3F, tel. 252 02 04. Some trains for Constanza leave from Gara Baneasa, Piaza Garii Baneasa 1, tel. 222 48 56.
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