Reşiţa, Caraş-Severin County, Banat Region, Romania

Economy | Retail | Public transport | Buses | Trams | Road transport

🇷🇴 Reșița is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region, broadly considered part of Transylvania.

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Economy Reșița has long been considered as the second-largest industrial centre of Romania. It is an important centre in manufacturing steel and vehicle manufacturing. C.S.R. (Combinatul Siderurgic Reșița) and U.C.M.R., the first Romanian factory (Uzina Constructoare de Mașini Reșița). The two are called as Reșița works and are the factories which sustained the city's life for more than 300 years. The first factories were built in 1771, during the reign of Maria Theresa. During the 19th century, the steelworks were known as StEG. After the end of World War I, when Banat became part of Romania, they changed their name again, this time to Uzinele și Domeniile Reșița or UDR (Reșița Works and Domains). Only later, under the Communist regime, did the UDR split to CSR and UCMR.

The economy of Reșița has faced a drawback since 1989, but began recovering as a result of increasing foreign and domestic investment, largely in industry. • Industry: Automobile industry, Iron industry, texture industry, civilian constructions; • Agriculture: 1% of the labour force of the city works in agriculture; • Services: public alimentation, internal and international transport; • Tourism: 2 tourism societies (Tourist Semenic SA and BIRTA SA).

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Retail Reșița currently has 9 supermarkets of which three Carrefour supermarkets, two in the Govândari district (one of them was previously a Billa supermarket) and one in the Nera Shopping Center, three Lidl supermarkets, two Kaufland supermarkets, one near the road entrance from Bocșa and one in Lunca Bârzăvii and a Penny establishment also situated in Lunca Bârzăvii. The Shopping Center of Reșița is called Nera Shopping Center located in the Civic Centre. There are a variety of companies operating in Reșița, offering almost everything a normal consumer would need. There are some other shopping centres currently under development such as Reșița Shopping City located on the site of the old thermal plant, or the mall of the Mociur area.

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Public transport Reșița's public transport relays on 6 bus lines and was operated by TUR.

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Buses Reșița's bus fleet consists of about 25 buses running on 6 lines: • 1M/2: Marginea – Minda – Mol/Mopar/Molizilor • 4: Moroasa II – Lend/Baraj (dam of Secu Lake) – CET – Molizilor – Moroasa II • 8: Intim – Moniom – Intim • 9: Intim – Țerova – Intim • 10: Nera – Doman – Nera • 11: Piața Republicii – Minda – Cuptoare – Piața Republicii Reșița's bus fleet was to be upgraded sometime during 2009.

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Trams A tram system, consisting of two lines, operated between 1988 and 2011 and is being restored. The 2 tram lines were the Renk–Muncitoresc line (0), and the Renk–Stavila line (DP) which was basically an expansion of the Renk-Muncitoresc line, but there were only 3 trams on this line. The tram fleet consisted of about 28 trams. The last trams were GT8 and N models imported from Germany (Dortmund and Frankfurt), and completely replaced the former pre-89 trams in 2002. In 2008, the new mayor announced his intention to decommission all trams and replace them with modern buses complying with EU standards.

Reintroduction of trams was announced in 2016 and the modernization and expansion of the tram system began in 2019. The first phase involves 3.7 km double-track route with seven stops and a depot, the second phase will extend the system by 9.3 km and nine stops. In spring 2021, reopening was planned for December 2022, but was subsequently delayed, and as of October 2022 the completion of construction is forecast for December 2023, with reopening in 2024.

In 2017 it was announced that a new company, called Transport Urban Reșița (TUR), was created to manage the public transport in Reșița.

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Road transport Reșița features a main 4 lane road that connects the neighbourhood Stavila to the neighbourhood of Calnic. This main road passes through almost all important neighbourhoods in Reșița. The rest of the neighbourhoods in Reșița are accessible via 2 lane secondary roads or single-lane roads. Roads of Reșița are usually well maintained, especially the main road, but there are occasional pot-holes on secondary roads. The road signs are usually well placed and well maintained, and traffic is usually friendly and traffic jams are a myth. Accidents are very rare and almost never lethal. Externally Reșița is connected by national roads to Caransebeș (Continued to Bucharest) and respectively Timișoara. There are also 3 county roads connecting Reșița to Oravița, Năidaș and respectively Anina.

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Reşiţa has a population of over 73,300 people. Reşiţa also forms the centre of the wider Caraș-Severin County which has a population of over 274,277 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Reşiţa see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Reşiţa has links with:

🇧🇦 Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇷🇸 Kikinda, Serbia 🇱🇹 Marijampolė, Lithuania 🇨🇦 Moncton, Canada 🇷🇸 Pančevo, Serbia 🇮🇹 Pesaro, Italy
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Antipodal to Reşiţa is: -158.117,-45.3

Locations Near: Reşiţa 21.8833,45.3

🇷🇸 Vršac 21.3,45.123 d: 49.8  

🇷🇴 Timișoara 21.217,45.75 d: 72.1  

🇷🇸 Požarevac 21.183,44.617 d: 93.8  

🇷🇴 Arad 21.326,46.191 d: 108.1  

🇷🇴 Hunedoara 22.921,45.766 d: 96  

🇷🇸 Smederevo 20.933,44.667 d: 102.7  

🇷🇸 Bor 22.099,44.079 d: 136.8  

🇷🇸 Pančevo 20.64,44.869 d: 108.7  

🇷🇴 Târgu Jiu 23.29,45.049 d: 113.8  

🇷🇸 Zaječar 22.3,43.917 d: 157.3  

Antipodal to: Reşiţa -158.117,-45.3

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🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16907.5  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16368.3  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16287.5  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12778.1  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12672  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12656  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12653  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12652.9  

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