Tursib

Tursib is the local public transport operator in Sibiu, Romania, operating bus service. It also services outlying areas and villages. It is a joint-stock company created in 1998.{{cite web|title=Hotărarea NR. 79: privind înfiinţarea Societăţii Comerciale TURSIB S.A. rezultată din reorganizarea Regiei Autonome de Gospodărie Comunală şi Locativă Sibiu|trans-title=Resolution No. 79: Establishing the company TURSIB SA, resulting from the reorganization of the Sibiu Administration of Communal Housing|language=Romanian|url=https://extranet.sibiu.ro/Registratura/Hotarari/Detaliu.aspx?registru=HOT-HCL-SIBIU&nr=79&an=1998|publisher=Local Council of Municipality of Sibiu|accessdate=26 March 2014|date=22 June 1998}} Originally, Tursib's network also included trolleybuses and a suburban/rural tram line to Rășinari. However, the company proposed in 2009 to discontinue trolleybus operation, and after approval by the local council{{cite web|title=Trolleybuses|url=http://www.tursib.ro/page/istoric_troleibuze?language=en|publisher=Tursib|accessdate=26 March 2014}} the last trolleybus line closed in November 2009.Trolleybus Magazine No. 290 (March–April 2010), p. 45. National Trolleybus Association (UK). {{issn|0266-7452}}. Regular service on the Sibiu–Rășinari tramway ceased on 28 February 2011,Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2011, p. 194. UK: LRTA Publishing. and very limited operation that took place later – mainly only for visiting tourist groups – ended in 2012.Blickpunkt Straßenbahn issue "4/2013" (July–August 2013), pp. 142–143 (in German). {{issn|0173-0290}}.

Tursib's service area covers {{convert|120|km2|mi2}}, and the fleet of 100 buses and three minibuses serves 21 routes.{{cite web|title=Company presentation|url=http://tursib.ro/en/despre/noi|publisher=Tursib|accessdate=26 March 2014}}