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Metro Report International
Trains ordered for Sofia metro Line 3 extension project
BULGARIA: Sofia metro operator Metropolitan JSC has awarded the Simetro consortium of Siemens Mobility and Newag a €68m contract to supply a further eight trainsets for Line 3. The order announced on July 20 will take the Line 3 fleet to 38 Inspiro trainsets ordered in ...
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Metropolitan JSC (Sofia)
Opened 1998. Three-line network serving 44 stations. See Sofia network map. The initial section of Line M1 from Slivnitsa to Konstantin Velichkov opened on January 28 1998. It has since been extended in stages, reaching Serdika in October 2000 and Obelya in April 2003. Extension southeast from the centre at ...
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Sofia Elektrotransport EAD
First line opened 1901. Network comprises 165 stops served by 11 routes. See Sofia network map. Sofia’s tram network uses two track gauges. Most lines are 1009 mm gauge, but three routes serving the east and southeast of the city are standard gauge. The first these opened in 1987, and ...