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==Country Name==
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Bulgaria (България)
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Revision as of 13:57, 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

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.

See also