Bucharest’s 53-year-old Tatra trams to be decommissioned, placed in museum

20 July 2026 The famous Tatra trams that transported Bucharest residents for 53 years have been taken out of service, according to statements made by Bucharest mayor Ciprian Ciucu on Sunday, July 19. The mayor marked the moment by meeting with senior employees of the Militari Depot who worked under extremely difficult conditions in the 1970s and 1980s repairing Tatra trams. Today, the aging trams no longer provide adequate conditions to transport people, according to Ciprian Ciucu. As such, they will be replaced by modern trams. Around 30 of these tram cars remain, and those in good condition will be preserved for the future Public Transport Museum. "Today we say goodbye to the Tatra trams, which, after 53 years of carrying several generations of passengers, will no longer run on Bucharest