Foreign companies will now be able to operate passenger rail services in Bulgaria , after an amendment to the Railway Transport Act was adopted in first reading by Parliament. The opposition was against it. According to Ivaylo Chorbov of Vazrazhdane,..
Quite a few prestigious media outlets in Bulgaria and in Romania published information, over the past few weeks, that a fast train Ruse-Bucharest-Otopeni would start running as of the spring of 2024. It was said that the ticket would cost EUR 5 (25..
Two employees of the National Railway Infrastructure Company died after being hit by a shunting locomotive in the area of the Iliyanci Wholesale Market in Sofia, the Ministry of the Interior announced. The victims were doing maintenance work on the..
Bulgaria and Serbia will work for improving connectivity between the two countries . Next week, a working group between the two countries starts preparations for the development of a project for a second cross-border railway connection, as well as..
As of today, April 25, the operation of the international train travelling between Sofia and Halkali (Istanbul) will be resumed. The railway line restarts operation after the management of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) and the Turkish railways..
Participants in celebrations dedicated to the 171st anniversary of the birth of the most renowned Bulgarian writer, Ivan Vazov, will arrive in the town of Mezdra by train, pulled by BDZ’s huge steam locomotive nicknamed “Baba Metsa.” Vazov is..
Bulgaria's Minister of Transport Rosen Zhelyazkov will take part in an online discussion on "Prospects for the development of railway transport in Bulgaria ". The event is organized jointly by the Ministry of Transport and MEP Andrey Novakov. EU..
In a joint analysis, the Dusseldorf Institute for Macroeconomics, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies WIIW and the French OFCE Institute have called on the EU to invest the billions planned for recovery from the Covid-19 crisis..
The European Commission will invest nearly EUR 300 million from the Cohesion Fund in modern and faster railway connection between the cities Plovdiv and Burgas. Thus, the high-speed railway line along the TEN-T Orient/East-Med Corridor connecting..
The Bulgarian government has approved a Memorandum for the establishment of an executive council responsible for the Alpine-Western Balkan Rail Freight Corridor. The main objective of the project is to improve connectivity and commodity exchange with..
