Bucharest Metro: Astra IVA Compilation

„Atenție, se închid ușile!” The classic Astra IVA (Intreprinderea de Vagoane Arad) cars of the Bucharest Metro, in service since opening day, 1979 seen out and about in 2023.

Well graffitied, they still have DC motors and two (or sometimes three) person crews. In Romanian, the married pairs of 2 cars are called „Rama Electrica Metrou” (REM) which are coupled together to form „Tren Electric de Metrou” (TEM), aka a trainset or consist.

The Astra IVA run on the M3 and M4.

An early rendering of the IVA cars look suspiciously like BART A cars. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

If anything, these are the legacy fleet of the Bucharest Area Rapid Transit.

0:00 „Atenție, se închid ușile!”
0:08 164-098-112 on M3 at Păcii
0:42 007-215-059 on M4 at Laminorului
1:02 109-011-177 on M4 at Basarab
1:32 164-098-112 on M3 at Piața unirii
2:29 037-134-056 on M4 at Străulești
2:48 075-105-086 on M4 at Laminorului
3:09 037-134-056 on M4 at 1 Mai
3:33 075-105-086 on M4 at 1 Mai
3:51 075-105-086 on M4 at 1 Mai
4:08 164-098-112 on M3 at Nicolae Teclu
4:27 164-098-112 on M3 at Nicolae Teclu
5:10 Riding 164 from Nicolae Teclu to 1 Decembrie 1918
7:30 Riding 007 from Laminorului to Străulești
8:40 Riding 011 from Laminorului to Străulești
10:22 Riding 056 from Străulești to Laminorului
13:35 Riding 056 to 1 Mai