RATBV
public transit operator in Brașov, Romania
RATBV S.A., formerly Regia Autonomă de Transport Brașov (English: Autonomous Transportation Board of Brașov), and commonly referred to as RAT Brașov, is the only public transport operator in the city of Brașov, Romania. It is owned by the Brașov Municipality and it operates on a network of 43 routes inside Brașov, summing up to 664 km (413 mi), with a fleet of over 300 vehicles. It is also operating 23 routes within the Brașov metropolitan area.
History
The following is a chronological list of events related to road or rail transport in and around Brașov, as well as relevant historical information.
The administrative divisions and predominant/official languages consistently change over time; in Saxon cities and villages like Brașov, German was predominant until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Romanian and for a few decades, Hungarian, increase in use, ultimately attaining a combined 95.2% in 2011. Except for 'Brașov', the names used are intended to be the ones most common in their day.
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: Blumenau, Altstadt, Șchei.
1846–1866: Drumul Brașovului (the Brașov Road), between Câmpina, Wallachia, and Brașov, is built. Today, it is part of DN1.
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