Societatea de Transport București
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Societatea de Transport București (STB; English: Bucharest Transport Company) is one of the main public transit operators in Bucharest, Romania, owned by the Municipality of Bucharest. From 1990 to 2018, the company had a different legal status and was known as the Regia Autonomă de Transport București (RATB).
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Societatea de Transport București (STB) | |
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Owner | Municipality of Bucharest |
Locale | Bucharest, Romania |
Transit type | Bus Trolleybus Light rail Tram |
Number of lines | 138 bus routes 15 trolleybus routes 23 light rail and tram routes[1] |
Number of stations | 2,465[1] |
Daily ridership | 1.18 million individual rides[2] |
Annual ridership | 438 million passengers[1] |
Chief executive | Daniel Istrate |
Headquarters | Bulevardul Dinicu Golescu nr. 1, Sector 1, București |
Website | www |
Operation | |
Began operation | 1909 |
Number of vehicles | 1,147 buses, 297 trolleybuses, 486 trams and light rail vehicles[1] |
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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STB operates a complex network of buses, trolleybuses, light rail and trams – in fact, STB operates all public transport except the Bucharest Metro, which is managed by Metrorex. STB has an average of approximately 1,180,000 daily individual rides of which 540,000 with buses, 520,000 with light rail and trams, and 120,000 with trolleybuses.[2]