Bucharest

Bucharest (Romanian: Bucure?ti) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania, located in the southeast of the country, on the Dâmbovi?a river. The city proper has a population of 2,082,000 inhabitants, together with the metropolitan area comprising approximately 2.3 million people.

Transport

:Main article: Mass transit in Bucharest

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Bucharest boasts the largest transport network in Romania, and one of the largest in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Transport can be divided into three major fields:

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Romania - Eastern Europe

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• A metro (subway) system run by Metrorex - see Bucharest Metro
• A surface transport system run by RATB that is made up of buses, trams, trolleybuses and high-speed trams (light-metro) - see Regia Autonom? de Transport Bucure?ti
• A private taxi system

Air

TAROM, the national air carrier, and other major international carriers like Alitalia, Lufthansa, Air Canada and Air France have flights from a large variety of world cities, including Paris, Madrid, Munich, Toronto, London and Rome, to Henri Coand? International Airport (formerly Otopeni), the main international airport. Also, other private Romanian airlines operate from Aurel Vlaicu International Airport.

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TAROM - Alitalia - Lufthansa - Air Canada - Air France - Paris - Madrid - Munich - Toronto - London - Rome - Henri Coand? International Airport - Aurel Vlaicu International Airport

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See also Blue Air, Carpatair, Angel Airlines.

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Blue Air - Carpatair - Angel Airlines

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Train

Main article:C?ile Ferate Române

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Train services into and out of Romania are of very high quality, especially those trains that are operated by Romanian railways, Hungarian railways or Polish railways. There are EuroCity and EuroNight trains to Budapest via Arad, as well as to Belgrade via Timi?oara. Intercity and Rapid trains service all major cities in Romania. Tickets are inexpensive by Western standards.

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EuroCity - EuroNight - Budapest - Arad - Belgrade - Timi?oara - Romania

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In contrast, the "Personal" trains are crowded and slow.

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