Bulgaria rail industry news – Page 3

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Sofia metro opens Tsarigradsko Shose extension

2012-05-01T09:39:00Z

BULGARIA: A 2·1 km extension of the Sofia metro from Mladost 1 to Mladost 3 and Tsarigradsko Shose was inaugurated by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on April 25. The extension has been built by the Metro Mladost Union joint venture, ...

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Bulgaria places upgrade contracts

2007-10-18T05:36:00Z

FIVE CONTRACTS have been awarded by the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport for upgrading work on the rail network. Astaldi of Italy has been selected for a €163m project to reconstruct and electrify the 143 km international corridor between Plovdiv and the Turkish border at Svilengrad. This work is expected to ...

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Bulgaria's ambitious plans hinge on reform

2006-01-01T11:00:00Z

Krasimir Krastanov reports on a strategic plan designed to bring about modernisation of the Bulgarian rail network

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Bulgarian modernisation programme aims to win back lost traffic

2005-03-01T11:00:00Z

Split into infrastructure and operating businesses in January 2002, Bulgaria's national railway must secure its future in a competitive market environment

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Bulgaria upgrades

2003-07-01T10:00:00Z

INVITATIONS to tender are expected to be issued in September for upgrading the first 38 km of Bulgarian State Railway’s main line from Plovdiv to Svilengrad and the frontier crossings into Turkey and eastern Greece. Tendering for the remainder of the line will follow in December. Phase 1 between Plovdiv ...

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Plovdiv - Svilengrad upgrading

2000-09-01T10:00:00Z

BULGARIAN State Railway is to call tenders shortly for upgrading of its 156 km main line serving the southeast of the country, at an estimated cost of US$340m. Modernisation of the Plovdiv - Svilengrad route is due to start early next year for completion by June 2005. The line forms ...