Bucharest boasts the largest transport network in Romania, and one of the largest in Europe. Transport can be divided into two major fields: underground and surface transport, each run by two different operators.

Bucharest Metro

Main article: Bucharest Metro

Bucharest has a fairly extensive subway system consisting of four lines: M1, M2, M3 and M4. In total, the network is 63km long and has 45 stations, with 1.5km average distance between stops. It is one of the fastest ways to get around the city.

Surface transport

Main article: Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti

Surface transport in Romania is run by Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti (RATB). The network is made up of buses, trolleybuses and trams and is one of the largest and more dense in Europe. Currently in construction is a modern light-metro network, part of which has already been open to operation in western Bucharest.

CFR Trains

Bucharest is served by a commuter railway network operated by CFR, the Romanian national railways. Although commuter trains no longer serve national routes, commuter train services are bad to say the least. "Personal" commuter trains are extremely slow (a 60 km route is completed in 2 hours), uncomfortable, sometimes filthy, and hard to come by even for a local, as they operate either from the main station, Gara de Nord or from 6 other stations, some of which small and obscure (Gara Basarab, Gara Obor, Gara Chitila, Gara Progresu, Gara Titan and Gara Pantelimon). They are meant to service major factories and industrial platforms with workers, and generally run early in the morning and in the afternoon. Commuter trains currently run to Oltenita, Giurgiu, Urziceni, Lehliu Gara and Titu . These are not meant to be used for travelling for the whole route, but only from a close-by village to the city. There are also weekend tourist trains from Bucharest to Snagov, starting either at Gara de Nord or Gara Baneasa.

There are no urban trains (similar to RER lines in Paris) in Bucharest.

See also Căile Ferate Române