Regia Autonomă de Transport București

"RATB" redirects here. For the British-based Cuba solidarity organisation, see Rock Around the Blockade.

RATB

Overview
Locale	Bucharest, Romania
Transit type	Light rail Trolleybus Tram
Daily ridership	2.26 million
Chief executive	Radu D. Dumitru
Headquarters	B-dul Dinicu Golescu nr.1, sector 1, Bucuresti
Website	http://www.ratb.ro/
Operation
Began operation	1909

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

Regia Autonomă de Transport București (RATB) is a public transport operator in Bucharest, Romania.

Overview

RATB operates a complex network of buses, trams and trolleybuses – in fact, RATB operates all public transport except the Bucharest Metro, which is managed by Metrorex. While owned entirely by the City Council, RATB is an autonomous company.

The RATB public transport services use a separate ticketing system to the Bucharest Metro. Combined passes, as well as single, timed, combined tickets are no longer available since 2 May 2014. There are plans for the two transport systems to be merged at some point in the future.

See also

• Transport in Bucharest
• List of bus routes in Bucharest
• List of trolleybus routes in Bucharest

External links

Media related to Regia Autonomă de Transport București at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• 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