RAT Brașov

History

Beginnings

• 1830-1840: The first intra-city means of public transportation appear in Brașov - hackneys and carriages with one or two horses, built by Saxon craftsmen. They regularly waited for customers in Marktplatz and could carry 1-4 persons with luggage, towards the other three areas of town: :ro:Blumăna|Blumenau, :ro:Brașovechi|Altstadt, Şchei.
• 1846-1866: Drumul Braşovului, between Câmpina, Wallachia and Brașov, is built. Today, it is part of DN1.
• 1848: First intercity public transport across the Carpathians is made available by the local Franz Körner, who sets up a fast carriage route between Brașov and București.
• 1856-1859: Körner opens another line, Braşov-București-Giurgiu, which operated weekly and could carry 8-10 people with luggage.
• 1864-1867: The road from Braşov to Reps is built.
• 1890-1895: The first lines using the famous Landau carriages open up. They left daily for Siebendörfer, :ro:Zizin, Brașov|Zuisendorf and Törzburg for the price of 5 Austro-Hungarian florins.
• 1892-1900: On 7 March 1892, the first suburban railway of current-day Romania was opened between :ro:Bartolomeu, Brașov|Bartholomew and Siebendörfer. 17 km long, it connected the city to the seven villages that now constitute the town of Săcele. Built with private funds between 1890–1892, by the Brașov-Háromszék Neighboring Railways Society, it functioned until 1960, when, following road infrastructure modernization, it was discontinued.
• 1900-1910: The city's population grew from 36,646 to 41,054 people.
• 1900-1920: Popularity of horse-drawn carriages drops dramatically as the suburban train's usage increases. The remaining 115 cabmen could still be found in Marktplatz and at Hotel Krone. Some of the regular routes they would take had fixed prices, while other were settled with the customer.

  The first bus

• 1925: The first four buses to be used for urban transport are introduced in the city and leased to the Decei-Blaga company, based in Cluj. They ran on two lines, between Piaţa Unirii–Rail Station, and Piaţa Unirii–:ro:Gara Bartolomeu, Brașov|Bartholomew Rail Station.
• 1926-1927: The city hall prepares the first Regulations for the circulation of buses in town. In 1926, there were nine bus owners, that obtained the lease for public transport. The Municipal Council limited the number of buses to 30, to avoid traffic accidents. The price of a ticket was 5 lei. Routes were established to :ro:Zizin, Brașov|Băile Zizin and :ro:Vâlcele, Covasna|Băile Vâlcele, leaving from Piaţa Sfatului. Also, two trucks carried people and cargo to and from Bran. The carriage drivers from the 'Fulgerul' syndicate protested against the expansion of public transportation and asked that the number of buses be limited at 16.
• 1928: The prefecture and city police regulate bus circulation furthermore.
• 1929: Following complaints from nearby residents, the stop for inter-city connections in Piaţa Sfatului was moved on the corner of Ferdinand Boulevard and Gate St..
• 1930: The Braşov city hall wants to set up its own bus exploitation board and informs the owners that their lease ends on July 1. The Carriage Driver Society of Braşov, in an open letter to the local press, explain that after 100 years of service, the drivers' businesses have gone under, because of the suburban train, the 100 taxis and over 40 buses. They ask the city hall to be awarded the lease over the buses of Mr. Aurel Lazăr Decei and limit the number of carriages from 100 to 60.
• 1931: The city hall abandons the idea of exploiting the buses by itself, because of the high cost of setting up the board, 25 million lei.
• 1938: In association with the city hall, "Regia Întreprinderilor din Municipiul Brașov" is established. Within it, there was a public transportation section, which was equipped with 35 buses serving three routes, summing 17 km: Prund-:ro:Astra |Astra, Prund-Railway Station and Prund-Bartholomew. They would transport 5.4 million passenger per year.
• 1941: Projects were elaborated for the electrification of the Bartolomeu-Satulung suburban railway and for the :ro:Cetatea |Center-Astra bus line.
• 1944: At this point, R.I.M.B. had 12 buses and transported 3.2 million people.
• 1948: The first tracked ZiS-151 truck was introduced on the Prund-Poiana Braşov route. Overall, the same number of buses, 12, transported 2.6 million people.
• 1951: The bus fleet has grown to 33, used on four routes to transport a total of 11 million persons.
• 1956: On the Prund-Poiana Braşov route, two trucks were now used. A total of 51 buses were used on 10 routes summing 56 km. Alongside them, there were 10 taximeters and 64 cargo trucks.

  The first trolleybus

• 1959: The board operated 85 buses on 17 routes summing 112 km, and 27 taximeters. On May 1, Braşov became the second city in the country, after București, to operate a trolleybus line. Under the surveillance of Tulcea-born Petru Alexe Bâlbu, the line used a small, 28-seat, slightly dangerous MDT trolley built in the capital. It initially operated on 8 km from Şchei to the MÁV Railway Station, but was later extended to the Triaj area. The electrical rectifying station was built on 3-5 Verii Street.
• 1960: The Prund-:ro:Tractorul |Tractorul line is opened.
• 1961: "Întreprinderea de Transporturi" is established by reorganizing "Întreprinderea de Gospodărie Orășenească". There were 163 buses, 47 TV2E trolleys, 45 taximeters and 47 cargo trucks.
• 1963: The current Livada Poştei-Poiana Braşov road is opened, and several :cs:Škoda 706 RTO|Škoda 706 RTO are added to the fleet.
• 1967: The trolleybus base in Sânpetru, capable of maintaining up to 120 trolleys, is opened.
• 1970-1975: Several distinctions are awarded by the state for Braşov's public transport system in this period. On January 1, 1975, the Transportation Enterprise transfers the 120 buses serving inter-city connections to the newly reorganized "Întreprinderea de Transporturi Auto".
• 1978: The Enterprise had a fleet of 600 vehicles serving 50 routes, summing 350 km and transporting 141 million passengers that year. It employed 2.500 people and achieved income worth 117 million lei. The following years, high-capacity buses would be added, as well as :cs:Karosa ŠM 11|Škoda SM-11, Ikarus and IK4, used on tourist routes.
• 1979: Construction begins on the new bus and taximeter base capable of maintaining 400 vehicles, along with the Enterprise's new headquarters. Also, this year marks the introduction of autotaxation on all urban routes, as well as a major reorganization and renaming to "Întreprinderea Judeţeană de Transport Local Braşov".
• 1980':
• * On January 1, the fleet was composed of: 317 buses, 190 trolleybuses, 20 taximeters, 43 vans, 136 tipper trucks and 31 auxiliary vehicles.
• * There were 2.575 employees and 489 million lei in funds.
• * This year alone, 154.3 million people and 4 million tons of cargo were transported.
• * 136.1 km of overhead wires existed; trolleybus routes summed 83.8 km, and bus routes 275 km in Braşov and 45 in Făgăraş.

  The first tramway

• 1980-1987: Several objectives were achieved:
• * The bus and taximeter maintenance base is finished in 1983. The headquarters is moved to the current address on Hărmanului St no. 49, from the previous 13 Decembrie St no. 17;
• * The maintenance spot on Cristianului Road opens in 1984;
• * Expansion of the trolleybus network on Griviţei Blvd, in the newly constructed :ro:Valea Cetăţii|Valea Cetăţii neighbourhood and near Casa Armatei ;
• * Opening on August 22, 1987 of stage I of the first tramway line, between :ro:Astra |Steagul Roşu-Rulmentul, on 13.1 km.
• 1987:
• * The vehicle fleet is composed of a total of 876 vehicles: 182 buses, 209 trolleys, 5 trams, 50 taximeters, 43 vans, 19 trucks, 227 tipper trucks, 5 minibuses, 31 trailers, 58 auxiliary.
• * The fleet served one tram and 19 trolley lines, and 16 bus routes in Braşov and 8 in Făgăraş.
• * The trolleybus overhead line network summed 77.5 km, trolley routes 229.6 km, and the buses, 340.5 km.
• * There were 2.390 employees, funds of 976 million lei, and revenues of 292 million lei.

  2005-present

Description

Ticketing system

Vehicle fleet

Current fleet

Network

Current routes

• Line - The number or name of the route;
• Type - The type of vehicle that the line uses ;
• Opened - The year when the line with this name was operated for the first time, regardless of subsequent route modifications;
• Modified - The last time a modification occurred;
• Route - A short description of the route, it does not include all the stations;
• Stops - The total number of stops performed in a round trip; this includes the terminal station once;
• Length - The length in kilometres of a round trip;
• Avg. distance - The average distance in metres between two stops;

Statistics

Discontinued routes