Basarab railway station
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Basarab railway station in Bucharest
is situated near the city's main station, Gara de Nord
. Built in 1959 to handle a share of the main station's traffic and mainly used by short-distance commuter trains run by Căile Ferate Române
, it is often considered to be an annex of Gara de Nord, to which it is linked by a footbridge (in CFR timetables the station is referred to as "Bucureşti Nord Gr. B").
Basarab railway station is served directly by the Bucharest Metro
system, via Basarab metro station
. The underground passageway to the Metro station can also be used to cross the train tracks of Gara de Nord, since it has exits on both sides of the tracks.
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
is situated near the city's main station, Gara de Nord
Gara de Nord
București Gara de Nord is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania...
. Built in 1959 to handle a share of the main station's traffic and mainly used by short-distance commuter trains run by Căile Ferate Române
Caile Ferate Române
Căile Ferate Române is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. Romania has a railway network of of which are electrified and the total track length is . The network is significantly interconnected with other European railway networks, providing pan-European passenger...
, it is often considered to be an annex of Gara de Nord, to which it is linked by a footbridge (in CFR timetables the station is referred to as "Bucureşti Nord Gr. B").
Basarab railway station is served directly by the Bucharest Metro
Bucharest Metro
The Bucharest Metro is an underground urban railway network that serves the capital of Romania, Bucharest. The network is run by Metrorex. It is one of the most accessed systems of the Bucharest public transport network with a ridership of 177.23 million passengers in 2010...
system, via Basarab metro station
Basarab metro station
Basarab is a metro station in Bucharest. Despite its name, it is not located near the Basarab railway station , but rather to the north-eastern end of Gara de Nord, Bucharest's main railway station, at the intersection of Calea Griviţei and Nicolae Titulescu Avenue...
. The underground passageway to the Metro station can also be used to cross the train tracks of Gara de Nord, since it has exits on both sides of the tracks.