MeWa wrote:
bercenicity wrote:
You can charge it with credit which can be used on both the surface transport and on the metro or charge it with monthly passes (separate for the metro and surface transport).
So, am I correct - you still have to buy seperate tickets (for metro and surface transport) and the only benefit of it is the fact, that you can have both tickets on one card?
I meant that the monthly passes are separate enteties on the card; the credit can be used for both RATB and the metro seamlessly. And as
Dr2006 implied, you are charged the maximum fare at the metro when using the credit on the card.
You can still buy separate classic tickets (paper for RATB and magnetic for metro).
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I have few more questions.
You have two types of trains. Are they designated for one line? I mean that one type on one line.
Actually on M2 there are only Bombardier trains (because of the new signaling installed), and on M4 there are only Astra trains which are equipped with an ATO system. On M3 (Eroilor-Industriilor) there are (still) only Astra trains and on M1 there is mixed operation.
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Certainely in some ways Bucharest benefited on not importing trains from Soviet Union. Their construction is quite primitive. Passengers dislike them - they are very loud, it is windy in them. Can you tell me something about trains in Bucharest? What is the comfort of travelling? Do they break often? Do they cause any problems?
The Astra trains have decent ride quality (they have pneumatic secondary suspension), but: the air compressor shakes the car quite well, at low speeds the bogies are noisier than Bombardier's, the doors are a hazard (that is if someone is caught in them the don't have an automatic system that opens them) and the build quality is not that stellar. On the other hand Bombardier trains are more claustrofobic (about half the number of windows), stuffier (in the rush hour the train's ventilation system is overwhelmed and you can't open the windows), the chairs are less comfortable, and they have the characteristic meowing of trains with IGBT power electronics. but they are better maintained and seem to travel faster and have inter-car gangways.
Astra trains seem to have a higher brake down rate.