Bucharest Metro
Metro · Bucharest · Metrorex
6 lines · 59 stations · 15 interchanges
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Quick facts
- Operator
- Metrorex runs the Bucharest Metro.
- Payment
- Use metro tickets/cards or contactless bank-card payment at supported gates.
- ContactlessFare card
- Airport
- Henri Coanda Airport is not on the metro, use airport rail/bus/taxi first, then metro once in town.
- Airport not on metro
- Lines to know
- M2 is the one most visitors notice, M1/M3 help with Gara de Nord and east-west movement.
Mike’s notes
Bucharest has a metro that is more useful than the city sometimes gets credit for. It is plain, practical, and helpful for crossing longer distances.
For a visitor, M2 is the north-south spine to learn first. M1/M3 matter for Gara de Nord and cross-town movement. The airport is the caveat: you do not land onto the metro the way you might in Madrid or Lisbon.
Payment is manageable with tickets/cards or supported contactless gates. The bigger planning rule is to use the metro for the long leg, then walk or rideshare when the final street geometry gets awkward.
Short history
1979
Metro opens
Bucharest's metro opens under late-socialist city planning, giving the capital a heavier transit backbone than the street network alone.
2020
M5 opens
The newer M5 layer adds western coverage and shows the system still expanding.