On 15/01/2012 12:52, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
Wolfgang wrote
in :

Maybe, yes, as the Berlin U-Bahn existed before any Soviet metro
opened, so certain specs that differed had to be maintained.

The same is true for Bucharest.

I meant Budapest

The Millennium Railway, a.k.a. Line 1, was built in 1896 and is quite
unique and quite different from the other two lines.

Lines 2 & 3 were built after World War II, when Hungary was part of the
Eastern Bloc and at least received its rolling from the Soviet Union. (I
wonder if that was being done under the guise of Comecon.)

I wonder what Line 4 will be like.

Romania split with the Soviet Union and really did go its own way, so
it's not surprising that the Bucharest Metro is not like other Eastern
Bloc nations.