Bulgarian State Railways

Private company Large Infrastructure Projects (LIP), based in Sofia, has unveiled its vision for a high-speed railway in Bulgaria that also connects with neighboring countries Romania and Greece, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.

Bulgaria launches a large-scale update of its rolling stock The country's Ministry of Transport has announced four tenders for the renewal of its railway fleet, with a total value of 2.

Bulgaria's railroad infrastructure operator has presented a project to modernize the Vidin-Sofia railway line, which was built 100 years ago.

Two years after the division of the company into freight and passenger transportation, from the BDŻ holding, the Bulgarian government decided to merge the operators into one company.

The Bulgarian government announced the beginning of the reform of the country's railway transport.Picture: BDZThis was stated by the Minister of Transport and Communications of the country Nikolai Sabev, reports the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to RZD-Partner.

Another narrow-gauge diesel locomotive is ready for operation. Locomotive 75 009 is the penultimate diesel locomotive produced in Germany and delivered in 1965, which is also the most powerful in the world.

BDZ received the last two new Smartron locomotives under contract with DZZD Siemens Tron for a total of 15 locomotives.

Two new Smartron locomotives have already been delivered to the Poduyani locomotive depot and are preparing to leave on the track.

The National Railway Infrastructure Company of Bulgaria (NRIC) has begun installing modern signaling and telecommunication systems, including ETCS Level 1, on 293 km of the Plovdiv - Burgas line, which will help increase the safety and interoperability of international rail transport.

Four new Smartron locomotives are already in operationFour new Smartron locomotives have been delivered to the Bulgarian Railways, which have already been formed into the trains since April 29.

BDZ terminated the procedure for the purchase of electric trains due to the lack of suppliersThe Bulgarian Railway (BDZ) has terminated the tender procedures for the supply and warranty service of up to 16 new passenger electric trains.

Three more Smartron locomotives launched in BulgariaSince February 11 three new Smartron locomotives have been involved into passenger transportation to various cities in Bulgaria, reports railway magazine Railway Supply citing information from the Bulgarian Railways.