Bulgaria - General Information

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Country Name

Bulgaria (България)

National railway system

National Railway Operator

Bulgarian State Railways - Bulgarski Darshavni Železnici (BDŽ), Български държавни железници (БДЖ).

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 2014-2015 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

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Authority

The National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC), Национална компания "Железопътна инфраструктура" (НКЖИ).

Network Statement

The Network Statement page provides a downloadable Network Statement.

Gauge

Standard. The BDŽ line from Septemvri to Dobrinishte is 760 mm gauge.

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz.

Rule of the road

Right.

Distances

Although the Network Statement Annex 2 allegedly contains "kilometric location of the stations and length of distances between stations along the railway network managed by NRIC (table 1.1)" and other useful information, it contains only 2 pages and there is no sign of these tables in either the English or Bulgarian language versions.

Other Railways

None.

Tourist Lines

None.

Metro

Sofia.

Trams

Sofia.

Recent and future changes

From an unknown date after December 2013 all of the limited table 600 service between Sofia and Pernik via Razmenna is diverted via a new curve to call at and reverse at Pernik-Razpredelit. Details when this commenced would be appreciated by the Compilers.

The journey planner contains trains between Kjustendil and Gjueshevo as at June 2014, following 6 months with none being shown.

Two pairs of local services between Vidin and Craiova in Romania commenced on 10 May 2014 but were replaced by just a pair of Sofia - Budapest long distance services from the December 2014 timetable change. This calls at the main Vidin station to reverse and change engines with BDZ Class 55 Diesel Haulage over the Bridge. The combined road/rail bridge between Calafat and Vidin, now named "New Europe Bridge", was ceremonially opened to traffic on 14 June 2013.

A Sofia - Thessaloniki service was reintroduced from 10 May 2014, reopening the Kulata BDŽ - Promachon OSE border crossing to passenger traffic.

Much of the network is electrified, and more electrification is in progress. Electrification between Svilengrad and the border with Turkey was inaugurated on 9 May 2013, completing an electric route between the Serbian border and Istanbul.

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