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Sector 3 (Romanian: Sectorul 3) is an administrative unit of Bucharest. It is the most populous , most densely populated and also the third-largest division of the city. With a total population of over 460 thousand, it is actually the second-most populated administrative area of Romania, only after the capital city. [ 1 ]
The Municipality of Bucharest (the capital of Romania) is divided into 6 administrative units, named sectors (sectoare in Romanian), each of which has its own mayor and council, and has responsibility over local affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, schools and the cleaning services.
Due to the numerous entrances located in and around Piața Unirii square to the two metro terminals that make up the entire Piața Unirii station, it is located in Sectors 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Bucharest. The original entrances, opened in 1979 were shut off and replaced by newer ones around 1987, due to the reconstruction of the square.
Piața Romană (Romanian for "Roman Square") is a metro station in central Bucharest, located in the square with the same name, on the main north–south axis of the city centre.
Titan (Romanian pronunciation:) is a neighborhood of Eastern Bucharest, part of Sector 3. It surrounds the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Park , formerly known as "Titan", "I.O.R." (Intreprinderea Optică Română), and "Balta Albă" (The White Pond). The name of "Titan" comes from a cement factory located here in the 20th century.
During the communist period the 'M3' was the Gara de Nord - Dristor 2 section of what is today the M1. [3] Construction work on another branch, from Nicolae Grigorescu to Anghel Saligny (at time named Leontin Sălăjan and Linia de Centură), began in 1988, but the work was halted in 1996 and the tunnels were flooded.
The metro network and the national rail network have almost similar track gauge (using the 1,432 mm / 4 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 8 in vs 1,435 mm / 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and loading gauge but not the same electrification system (the metro uses 750 V DC third rail [a] whereas the Romanian Railways use 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines) making it possible for new ...
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