Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti

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Historical RATB pass from 2006. The paper pass has a combination of punches, crossouts, stamping, and writing to indicate the exact period for which it is valid. A new contactless card system has been introduced since

This article is about the Romanian public transport operator. For the British-based Cuba solidarity organisation, see Rock Around the Blockade

Regia Autonomă de Transport Bucureşti (RATB) is a public transport operator in Bucharest, Romania. It operates a complex network of buses, trams and trolleybuses – in fact, all public transport except the Bucharest Metro, which is managed by Metrorex. While owned entirely by the public sector, RATB is an autonomous corporation.

The RATB public transport services use a partially separate ticketing system to the Bucharest Metro (combined passes can be bought, but not single tickets), often making transfer between the two networks expensive and complicated. Due to this, there are plans for the two transport systems to be merged at some point in the future.

[edit] See also

• Transport in Bucharest

[edit] External links

• RATB official site
• Site with pictures of the RATB fleet
• Site with vehicles, routes and more about RATB
• Site with lists of stations for every line, schedules, maps, route planner