a special area for refugees was arranged, and where they were offered water and food. Throughout their stay at the station, displaced persons from Ukraine received help from representatives of Bucharest City Hall and NGOs, through a non-stop information and coordination point arranged on the central platform, where volunteers who speak Ukrainian may provide additional information; information was also presented in English through loudspeakers. On March 4, 2022, at midnight, about 1,000 refugees arrived from Iasi with a train set with 11 wagons, which were later transported by several buses owned by STB to be accommodated at Romexpo. Current status There are currently 14 tracks and 8 platforms. As of 2009, Gara de Nord served about 200 trains, including domestic trains operated by Căile Ferate Române, Regiotrans and Trans Feroviar calatori as well international trains to Hungary – Budapest, Bulgaria – Sofia, Varna and Burgas, Republic of Moldova – Chișinău, Ukraine – Kyiv, Dnipro and Chernivtsi, Austria – Vienna, Turkey – Istanbul, Russia – Moscow and Saratov, Belarus – Minsk. The station is served by several bus (lines 105, 123, 133, 178, 182, 205, 282 and express line 780 which links the railway station with the Henri Coandă Airport) trolleybus (65, 79 and 86 on Grivița side and 62, 85, 93, 96 on The Columnes side) and tram lines (42, 45, 46 on Grivița side and 44 on Dinicu Golescu side), as well as the Gara de Nord metro station. Also, the station is connected by CFR and TFC trains to Henri Coandă International Airport. Future developments In 2019 plans were announced by the Government of Romania's Ministry of Transport to convert Gara de Nord from a terminus station to an underground through station, linking with Bucharest Obor railway station, and a partial underground link between Gara de Nord and Progresul. See also Bucharest Metro References External links Trains timetable Station North Bucharest Gara de Nord Gara de Nord Bucuresti Gara de Nord Historic monuments in Bucharest 1872 establishments in Romania 19th-century architecture in Romania