Bucharest North railway station

București Gara de Nord
Căile Ferate Române
Location	Piața Gării de Nord, Bucharest, Romania
Coordinates	44°26′46.92″N 26°4′27.15″E / 44.4463667°N 26.0742083°ECoordinates: 44°26′46.92″N 26°4′27.15″E / 44.4463667°N 26.0742083°E
Owned by	CFR
Line(s)	Bucharest-Constanța Bucharest-Craiova Bucharest-Ploiești Bucharest-Pitești Bucharest-Ruse M1 Line (Bucharest Metro) M4 Line (Bucharest Metro)
Platforms	8
Tracks	14
Construction
Structure type	terminal station
Parking	yes
History
Opened	1872
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station   CFR   Following station Ploiești Vest toward Arad CFR Intercity 200 Terminus Ploiești Vest toward Oradea CFR Intercity 300 Ploiești Vest toward Târgu Mureș CFR Intercity 400 Ploiești Sud toward Suceava CFR Intercity 500 Ploiești Sud toward Iași CFR Intercity 600 P.O. Aeroport Henri Coandă toward Galați CFR Intercity 700 Videle toward Timișoara Nord CFR Intercity 900 Preceding station   Bucharest Metro   Following station Piața Victoriei toward Dristor Line M1 Transfer at: Gara de Nord Basarab toward Republica Basarab toward Parc Bazilescu Line M4 Transfer at: Gara de Nord Terminus

Bucharest North railway station (Romanian: București Gara de Nord) is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania. The vast majority of mainline trains to and from Bucharest originate from Gara de Nord.

History

The station was built between 1868-1872, the foundation stone was set on September 10, 1868 in the presence of Carol I of Romania. The building is designed as a U-shaped structure. The first railways between Roman - Galați - Bucharest - Pitești were put in service on September 13, 1872. Between 1895-1896 a new wing of the station was built, which included a "Royal hall" due to the visit of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary.^[1] It was initially named Gara Târgoviștei, after the road nearby, Calea Târgoviștei ("Târgoviște Road", nowadays Calea Griviței) and took its current name in 1888.

The station and its surroundings were heavily bombed by the Allies in April 1944 during a campaign aimed at the Axis supply lines, since the station played an important part in the Romanian railway network and was the main departure point for troops headed to the Eastern Front.

Panoramic view of the station building

Current status

Trains at the station in winter

There are currently 14 tracks and 8 platforms.

As of 2009, Gara de Nord served about 200 trains, including domestic trains operated by Căile Ferate Române, Regiotrans and Trans Feroviar calatori as well international trains to Hungary - Budapest, Bulgaria - Sofia, Varna and Burgas, Republic of Moldova - Chișinău, Ukraine - Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk and Chernivtsi, Austria - Vienna, Turkey - Istanbul, Russia - Moscow and Saratov, Belarus - Minsk.

The station is served by several bus lines as well as the Gara de Nord metro station. Also, the station is connected by CFR train to Henri Coandă International Airport.

Distances from other railway stations

Romania

Alexandria: 133 km	Arad (via Brașov): 620 km	Arad (via Craiova): 604 km
Bacău: 302 km	Baia Mare: 624 km	Brașov: 166 km
Brăila: 199 km	Buzău: 128 km	Cluj-Napoca: 497 km
Constanța: 225 km	Craiova: 209 km	Deva: 455 km
Drobeta Turnu Severin: 323 km	Galați: 229 km	Iași: 406 km
Oradea: 650 km	Ploiești: 59 km	Piatra Neamț: 362 km
Pitești: 108 km	Sibiu: 315 km	Suceava: 447 km
Târgoviște: 80 km	Timișoara: 533 km	Tulcea: 334 km

Europe

Belgrad: 709 km	Berlin: 1,900 km	Budapest: 872 km
Chişinău: 529 km	Istanbul: 1,120 km	Frankfurt am Main: 1,900 km
Kiev: 1,227 km	Sofia: 539 km	Venice: 1,723 km
Wien: 1,145 km

See also

• Bucharest Metro

References

1. http://www.zf.ro/ziarul-de-duminica/strazile-bucurestilor-mica-istorie-sentimentala-in-imagini-xlvi-bulevardul-dinicu-golescu-gara-de-nord-de-dr-alexandru-popescu-10279128

External links

• Media related to Gara de Nord at Wikimedia Commons
• Trains timetable
• Station North Bucharest
• Trains timetable