STB has not decided to end night transport. But the judicial administrator’s proposal, made during the company’s insolvency process, needs a more public and rigorous test than a broad comparison of revenue and expenditure.
Remus Borza told Digi24 that he proposed eliminating night services. He said TPBI statistics record about 100,000 night passengers a month, but only around 9,000 pay for their trips. Borza put monthly revenue at about 27,000 lei and estimated roughly €1.2 million a month in wage and fuel costs. Those figures are the administrator’s stated calculations; the report does not include the underlying traffic and financial records.
Bucharest Mayor Ciprian Ciucu said ending night transport remains a proposal, not an adopted measure. Any change must be analysed with TPBI and voted on by the General Council. He said a modest reduction in frequency could be considered. No timetable, list of affected routes or replacement travel plan has been announced. Borza said express line 100, between Otopeni Airport and Piața Unirii, would be retained.
Cost pressure cannot be brushed aside at a company in insolvency. It also does not settle the public-policy question: which journeys remain workable for people travelling or working overnight if routes are thinned out or removed? Before councillors shift the consequences of savings onto riders, they should receive route-by-route passenger data, a transparent cost methodology, demand by time of night and workable alternatives.
The General Council will eventually weigh a savings proposal against a service that may matter most when other options are scarce. Without those details, reducing frequency would be easier to announce than to justify.
Sources
- Digi24 · Source date: 2026-11-13
Independent editorial content. WUA is not affiliated with any political party. 2026-11-13