Bucharest
Municipiul Bucureşti
Sector 1

Basarab railway station

Basarab railway station in 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 was linked by a footbridge, demolished in 2009 to make way for the Basarab Overpass.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 2.5.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Bucharest, Romania
  • Also known as: “București Basarab railway station” and “Gara Bucuresti Basarab”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bucharest North railway station and Romanian Railway Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Renardo la vulpo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the main railway station in and the largest railway station in . The vast majority of mainline trains to and from Bucharest originate from Gara de Nord. is situated 650 metres southeast of Basarab railway station.

Museum
Photo: Stratoreaper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 500 metres southeast of Basarab railway station.

Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Rapid-Giulești Stadium, known as Superbet Arena-Giulești for sponsorship reasons, is a located in the neighbourhood of , Romania. is situated 1 km northwest of Basarab railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Regie and Grivița.

Suburb
is a small district situated in western , the capital of , on the banks of the , in . It is located in the vicinity of the Politehnica University of Bucharest and comprises mainly student dormitories and student facilities like restaurants, bars, and clubs.

Suburb
Bucharest is the capital and largest city of . The metropolis stands on the River in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.71 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2.31 million residents, which makes Bucharest the 9th most-populous city by population within city limits in the European Union.

Suburb
is one of the smallest neighborhoods in the of , . It is situated on the west side of the city near the , where it flows into .

Basarab railway station

Latitude
44.45041° or 44° 27′ 2″ north
Longitude
26.06743° or 26° 4′ 3″ east
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Operator
CFR
Open location code
8GP8F328+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 467467582
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
8468658
Wiki­data ID
Q59606097
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Basarab railway station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Czech to Slovak—“Basarab railway station” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “București Basarab”
  • Dutch: “Basarab railway station”
  • French: “București Basarab”
  • French: “gare de Basarab”
  • French: “Gare de Basarab”
  • French: “gare de Bucarest-Basarab”
  • German: “București Basarab”
  • Italian: “Bucarest Basarab”
  • Italian: “Bucarest Gara Basarab”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Basarab”
  • Polish: “București Basarab”
  • Romanian: “gara Basarab”
  • Romanian: “Gara Basarab”
  • Romanian: “gara București Basarab”
  • Slovak: “București Basarab”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gara de Nord and Belvedere.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as hotspot Wi-Fi Digi, Metrou Basarab 2 and București Barasab.

Wallachian Plain: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Ploiești, Brăila, Pitești, and Târgoviște.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Basarab railway station”. Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 2.5.