Bucharest trolleybus

Network plan of the STB, the trolleybus routes are shown in green

The Bucharest trolleybus is the trolleybus system of the Romanian capital Bucharest and with 18 lines is by far the largest in the country. The network was opened in 1949 as the second Romanian trolleybus operation - after Timișoara - and has since supplemented the Bucharest tram that has existed since 1872 . The trolleybus - like the tram and the urban bus service - is operated by the municipal transport company Societatea de Transport București , or STB for short . , operated. This emerged from the Societatea Comunală a Tramvaielor, Bucureşti ( STB ), which was renamed Întreprinderea de Transport Bucureşti ( ITB ) in 1950 on the occasion of the introduction of the trolleybus and was finally given its current name in 1990 as a result of the 1989 revolution .

history

After there were initial plans for a trolleybus operation in Bucharest as early as the 1930s, construction work began on October 1, 1949. As early as November 10, 1949, the line operation began on the first line, it ran from the Piața Victoriei over the Șoseaua Kiseleff to the former Hipodrom Băneasa. In 1957, the conversion of the central east-west axis in the tram network led to the introduction of a second trolleybus line with the number 84. In the next two decades, the network was greatly expanded from 36 kilometers in 1960, over 147 kilometers in 1968 to 179 Kilometers in 1980. The expansion of the Bucharest Metro, which opened in 1979 , ultimately led to a significant reduction in the network. In 1986 and 1987 alone, a third of the route network was shut down again. The replacement of the north-south axis by the M2 metro line in this context ultimately led to the special feature of an operationally independent sub-network in the south of the city. The next new lines did not go back into operation until the mid-1990s, and there is also a medium-term intention to reconnect the two sub-networks.

Lines

61	MASTER - Piața Constantin Alexandru Rosetti	Main network	21/22 stops
62	Gara de Nord - Grup Școlar Auto	Main network	21/23 stops
65	Dridu - Piața Sfinții Voievozi	Main network	20 stops
66	Spitalul Fundeni - Vasile Pârvan	Main network	18/19 stops
69	Valea Argeșului - Baicului	Main network	29/28 stops
70	Bulevardul Basarabia - Vasile Pârvan	Main network	22 stops
73	Vol. Alexandru Obregia - Turnu Măgurele	southern subnet	11 stops
77	Vol. Alexandru Obregia - Piața Reșita	southern subnet	5 stops
79	Bulevardul Basarabia - Gara de Nord	Main network	24 stops
85	Gara de Nord - Baicului	Main network	17/18 stops
86	Arena Națională - Dridu	Main network	34/35 stops
90	Arena Națională - Valea Argeșului	Main network	31/33 stops
91	Depoul Alexandria - Piața Constantin Alexandru Rosetti	Main network	19/21 stops
93	Valea Argeșului - Gara de Nord	Main network	19/16 stops
96	Depoul Alexandria - Gara de Nord	Main network	17/16 stops

vehicles

The articulated trolley 7409 from the year of construction 1991, here in 2007 on line 97, which has meanwhile been retired

The following 302 vehicles are currently available for the Bucharest trolleybus, including only solo cars :

Numbers	piece	Manufacturer	Type	low-floor	delivery
5100-5199, 5201-5300	200	Astra / Icarus	415 T	No	1997-2002
5301-5400	100	Astra / Irisbus	Citelis 12T	Yes	2007-2008
7459	001	Rocar / De Simon	412 EA	No	1999
7460	001	Rocar / Autodromo / Kiepe	812 EA	Yes	1998

Depots

The wagons are housed in a total of four depots :

Berceni (southern subnet)
Bucureștii Noi (main network, shared with tram)
Bujoreni (main network)
Vatra Luminoasă (main network)

literature

A. Günther, S. Tarkhov, C. Blank: Tram atlas Romania 2004 . Working group Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e. V., Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-926524-23-5 .

Web links

Commons : Trolleybuses in Bucharest - collection of pictures, videos and audio files