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== Transport ==
Cluj-Napoca is connected to major Romanian and European cities through the extensive air, rail and road networks it interconnects.<br><br>
=== Road ===
RATUC, the local public transport company, runs an extensive 342 km public transport network within the city using trams, trolleybuses and buses.<br><br>
=== Air ===
The Cluj-Napoca airport (CLJ - [http://www.airportcluj.ro/ro/hpg.html official site]) is the fourth largest in the country, and serves about 250,000 passengers yearly. Soon there will be added a larger passenger terminal (1,000,000 people per year), and a new cargo terminal. Also, a longer runway, capable of handling larger aircraft, like the 747, is undergoing construction.<br>
The airport is connected to the city by the local transport nr. 8 bus and servers direct destinations like Bucharest,Venice, Barcelona, Valencia, Budapest, Bologna, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan and Vienna.<br><br>
=== Rail ===
The Cluj-Napoca Main Rail Station, located about 2 km to the north of the city centre, is situated on the CFR-Romanian Railways ([http://www.cfr.ro/ official site]) Main Line 300 (Bucharest - Oradea - Romanian Western Border) and on the Line 401 (Cluj-Napoca - Dej). CFR provides direct rail connections to all the major Romanian cities and to Budapest. The rail station is very well connected to all the parts of the city by the trams, trolleybuses and buses of the local public transport company.<br>
The city is also served by two secondary rail stations, the Little Station (Romanian: Gara Micǎ) and Cluj-Napoca East.<br><br>
== Hitchhiking directions ==