M4 is one of the five lines of the

Bucharest Metro The Bucharest Metro ( ro, Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. The network is run by Metrorex. One of two parts of the large ...

. It is currently long and runs from

Gara de Nord Bucharest North railway station ( ro, Gara București Nord; officially Bucharest North Group A) is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania. The vast majority of mainline trains to and from Bucharest origin ...

to Străulești, following the Griviței and Bucureștii Noi avenues.

History

Construction of the line started in September 1989, shortly before the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred ...

. The tunnels were built up to where Parc Bazilescu is today. Construction was abandoned afterwards and was resumed later on in the 90's. The first section of the M4 opened on 1 March 2000 from

to 1 Mai. After many years of delays the next section to Parc Bazilescu was finally opened on 1 July 2011. Parc Bazilescu was not in the initial plan and was only built to open the section quicker. In 2013, construction started on the final section of the M4 to Străulești, along with Străulești depot. On 3 September 2015 tunneling work was completed. The service was extended with two more stations, Laminorului and Străulești, which opened on 31 March 2017. In 2022, the Sourthern extension from

to Gara Progresul was approved.

Rolling stock

Despite being one of the newest lines on the network, the M4 runs old

Astra IVA Astra IVA is a family of metro train used by Bucharest Metro, of which 504 cars (252 two-car sets) were built between 1976 and 1993 by Întreprinderea de Vagoane Arad (IVA) in Arad, Romania. History The prototype was made in 1976, with se ...

trains.

References

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Metrorex vrea sa extinda Magistrala 4 cu 2 statii
at stirileprotv.ro
Metrorex a publicat anuntul de intentie privind organizarea unei proceduri de achizitie a lucrarilor de structura pentru obiectivul „Magistrala 4. Racord 2. PLS Zarea – Laminorului – Străulești”.
at metrorex.ro

at incont.ro {{Transport in Bucharest Bucharest Metro Lines Railway lines opened in 2000