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Rail transport in Bulgaria includes passenger and freight operations over its 4,070 km (2,530 mi) network of mostly 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge railways. It is an important mode of transport in Bulgaria .
Standard gauge (left) and narrow gauge (right) tracks at the Bourgas Salt Works. The picturesque 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) Septemvri–Dobrinishte narrow-gauge line is 125 km long and features many tunnels, bridges, spiral loops and last but not least the highest railway station in the Balkans, namely Avramovo Station situated at 1267 m altitude.
The design was to have 13 pairs of stay cables attached to every main pillar in the navigable channel of the Danube river. By June 2010, only the bridge crossing over the small island had been built. The foundation of the pillars in the navigable channel of the river were built during the same year by special foundation contractor TERRATEST.
A map of railway infrastructure in Bulgaria. This is a list of railway lines in Bulgaria focusing primarily on intercity train lines. In 2019, there were 4,071 kilometres (2,530 mi) of standard gauge railways, of which 67% were electrified. [1] Narrow gauge lines amount to 125 kilometres (78 mi). [2]
Crossings in cities and urban areas are fully operated by the railway company. Usually each level crossing has a small guard room (id:Pos JPL/Jalan Perlintasan Langsung) to control the traffic and barriers at the crossing. Official crossings are marked by sirens and red-white (Indonesian flag–like) barriers.
On 1 January 2002, the new Railway Transport Act entered into force, passed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, according to which the National Company Bulgarian State Railways were split into two separate enterprises – a railway carrier (Bulgarian State Railways EAD) and an infrastructure enterprise (Railway Infrastructure National Company)
In 2014, Bulgarian airports served 7,728,612 passengers and handled 23,101 tons of goods. [6] In the past aviation compared with road and railroad transport used to be a minor mode of freight movement, and only 860,000 passengers used Bulgarian airlines in 2001. [9] In 2013 Bulgaria had 68 airports, 57 of which had paved runways. [10]
Category: Transport buildings and structures in Bulgaria. 10 languages. ... Railway stations in Bulgaria (4 C, 3 P) T. Tunnels in Bulgaria (1 C, 3 P)