Metrorex Competitors

Collective Transport Company from Bucharest It operates a complex network of buses, trams and trolleybuses – in fact, all public transport except the Bucharest Metro, which is managed by Metrorex. While owned entirely by the City Council, RATB is an autonomous company. The RATB transport services use a partially separate ticketing system to the Bucharest Metro (combined passes can be bought, but single tickets not). There are plans for the two transport systems to be merged at some point in the future. History: http://www.ratb.ro/istoric.php

The city's public transit company was founded on 1 September 1897 as Elektrické podniky královského hlavního města Prahy [The Electrical Companies of the Royal Capital City of Prague]. At that time, aside from operating urban mass transit, it was also in the business of generating and distributing electricity. In 1946, after the nationalization of the energy industry and the gradual splitting-off of power stations gas works and waterworks, Prague's City Companies were changed to the Public Transit Companies of the Capital City of Prague. In later years, the company's name, organizational structure and management changed several times. In 1991, the Public Transit Co. was changed to a joint-stock company, whose sole shareholder is the City of Prague.