THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTS IN BUCHAREST

THE RAILROADS

The begining of the 19-th century marks the begining of the Romanian railroads in Bucharest,changing the life and living conditions of the Romanian population.
The advent of the railroads averted an opponent: the animal traction system,not long after the first ride made by the steam locomotive. The railroads will be fighting hardly with the automobile transports in order to maintain its importance.
The first railroad on the Romanian territory was "Linia Carbunarilor" from Oravita to Bazias.
In 1845 Gustav Granzsteim said that the charcoal was a very important supply for the Danube navigation.
In 1846 31-th October the council of Viena aproved the construction of a railroad with equin traction that will transport the charcoal from Anina to Oravita.They also approved a quick construction of a normal railroad from Oravita all the way to port Bazias.
On the 20-th of August 1854 the Oravita-Bazias railroad was inaugurated only for the charcoal transportation,being the first railroad ever built in Romania.
On the January 12-th 1855 it was assumed by the "Societatea Cezaro-Craiasca Privilegiata A Cailor Ferate Austriece"(St.E.G.),and after a few adjustments it became open to passenger transport.

THE "BUCHAREST-DANUBE" CHANNEL

The Danube-Bucharest channel is a 73 kilometre long canal project that is supposed to link Bucharest to the Danube via the Arges river.
Earliest plans date from 1880,being made by engineer Nicolae Cucu and had a goal at linking the Danube to Bucharest at Oltenita. In 1927 a study by Alexandru Davidescu was published at the Polytechic School and two years later the Romanian Parlament passed the law number 2749 on the building of Arges-Danube channel and of a port in Bucharest published in "Monitorul Oficial" in August 1929. However the world recession of the early 1930's prevented the government from investing large amounts of money in such projects. Various studyes