Bucharest public transport company RATB introduces text message payments

Commuters in Bucharest will be able to buy one-day passes valid for the public transport RATB by texting a short number. This comes soon after the Metro company in Bucharest made a similar system available, allowing travelers to pay their way into the tube network by phone.

To buy a one -day pass on buses, tram of trolleybuses in Bucharest, users of Vodafone and Orange mobile telephony services will have to send a text to 7456 containing the letter A. the message will cost RON 9.6, the same price as if paid at any ticket booth. A response message containing a code to show ticket inspectors will be sent back to the user. The Public Transport Company RATB has been modernizing in recent years, having introduced plastic transport cards instead of paper tickets and new ticket validation machines. editor@romania-insider.com