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Revision as of 14:57, 12 March 2013
Country Name
Bulgaria (България)
National railway system
National Railway Operator
Bulgarian State Railways - Bulgarski Darshavni Železnici (BDŽ), Български държавни железници (БДЖ).
Infrastructure Authority
The National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC), Национална компания "Железопътна инфраструктура" (НКЖИ) was set up on 1 January 2002.
Language
Bulgarian, using Cyrillic script.
Currency
Lev (Lv, дв); 100 stotinki = 1 Lv
UIC code
numeric 52; alpha BG
Timetable
Journey Planner
razpisanie.bdz.bg/SearchServlet?lang=en
Downloadable Timetable
The whole timetable is available as a single pdf almost entirely in Cyrillic script. It is however over 60 MB in size.
Printed Timetable
Patevoditel (ПЪТЕВОДИТЕЛ). Includes all internal and international services. Almost completely written in Bulgarian, using Cyrillic script. The timetable map is diagrammatic and still shows a few lines that no longer have a passenger service. This can be very difficult to obtain, but a pocket-sized version "СЪКРАТЕНО РАЗПИСАНИЕ" with reduced detail is more generally available.
Engineering Information
Not known.
Maps
Printed Maps
- European Railway Atlas: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe by M.G. Ball (1993) (ISBN 0-7110-2072-4)
- European Railway Atlas by M.G. Ball (2008 onwards)
Web-based Maps
- Thorsten Büker's Map of Bulgaria with enlargements of Sofia and Gorna Orjahovica.
Gauge
Standard. The BDŽ line from Septemvri to Dobrinishte is 760 mm gauge.
Electrification
25 kV 50 Hz.
Rule of the road
Right.
Other Railways
None.
Tourist Lines
None.
Metro
Sofia.
Trams
Sofia.
Recent and future changes
The combined road/rail bridge between Vidin and Calafat (Romania), now named "Danube Bridge 2", is due to open to traffic in May 2013.
Much of the network is electrified, and more electrification is in progress. Electrification work continues on the route between Plovdiv and the border with Turkey via Dimitrovgrad and Svilengrad.
The section of table 331 between Kremikovci and Jana via Obedinena lost its passenger service at the end of the 2008/2009 timetable period.
Special Notes
None.