Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bus
Timişoara lacks a centralised bus station for its extensive domestic services. Buses and
minibuses are privately operated and depart from several points around the city, depend-
ing on the company. Consult the website
www.autogari.ro
for departure points. Sample
fares include Arad (15 lei), Cluj-Napoca (65 lei) and Sibiu (45 lei).
International buses leave from the
east bus station
(
www.autogari.ro
)
. The main inter-
national operators include
Atlassib
( 0256-226 486;
www.atlassib.ro
; Calea
Dorobantilor 59)
and
Eurolines
( 0256-288 132;
www.eurolines.ro
;
Str M Kogăl-
niceanu 20)
. Belgrade-based
Gea Tours
(
www.geatours.rs
)
offers a daily minibus service
between Timişoara and Belgrade (one way/return 125/200 lei). Book over the website.
Train
Trains depart from the
northern train station
(Gara Timişoara-Nord;
www.cfr.ro
; Str
Gării 2)
, though it's actually 'west' of the centre. Daily express trains include Bucharest
(200 lei, nine hours, two daily), Cluj-Napoca (127 lei, six hours, two daily) and Arad (20
lei, one hour, five daily). There's one daily train to Belgrade (70 lei, three hours), which
leaves at 5.40am.
