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    Bulgaria completes upgrading of routes to the border

    2016-05-25T13:12:00Z

    BULGARIA: Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Minister of Transport Ivaylo Moskovski attended a ceremony on May 15 to mark the completion of a 10-year project to enhance the route from Plovdiv to the Greek and Turkish borders near Svilengrad. Guests travelled on a special train which reached 205 km/h between ...

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    Free rides celebrate opening of Sofia metro Line 2

    2012-08-31T11:24:00Z

    BULGARIA: The first phase of Sofia metro Line 2 opened on August 31, with President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso attending the celebrations. Musical entertainment was laid on at the National Palace of Culture, with the public able to ...

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    Plovdiv – Svilengrad integrated control centre opens

    2012-07-19T12:41:00Z

    BULGARIA: A centralised traffic control centre has been opened in Plovdiv, marking the latest stage in the long-running modernisation of the main line to Svilengrad, close to the Turkish border. At an inauguration ceremony on July 10, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski said the dispatch facility was the ...

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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 ...