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Rail

Iasi-Pascani railway was opened on 1 June 1870, Iasi-Ungheni on 1 August 1874 and Iasi-Chisinau railway was opened on 1 June 1875 by the Russian Empire in preparation for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).

Nowadays, three train stations, Central Rail Station, Nicolina International Rail Station and Socola Rail Station serve the city and are operated by Romanian Railways (CFR). Moldovan railway also serves these stations for travel into Moldova.

The Iasi Central Rail Station, located about 1.5 km to the city centre, provides direct rail connections to all the major Romanian cities and to Chisinau. The rail stations are very well connected to all the parts of the city by the trams, and buses of the local public transport company, RATP.


Air

Iasi is served by the Iasi International Airport (IAS) located 8 km east of the city centre. The airport has nonstop flights to and from Bucharest, Timisoara and Vienna.


Road

Iasi is connected to European route E85/E583 with Bucharest through a four lane express road. It is also planned a East-West freeway connection to Romanian Motorway A3 (also known as "Transylvania Motorway"). The Iasi Coach Station is used by several private transport companies to provide coach connections from Iasi to a large number of locations from all over the country.


Public transport

Two operators, the local public transport company, RATP Iasi, and Unistil, a private company, provide public transit within the Iasi city and operate an extensive network using 150 trams (electric trams began operating in Iasi in 1900) and 150 buses. In the first 3 months of 2007, RATP carried 11,365,819 passengers, an average of 128,000 passengers per day.