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Siemens Mobility receives Smartron locomotives order from BDŽ
BDŽ has ordered a total number of 10 Smartron locomotives from Siemens Mobility, with delivery expected to begin by February 2021.
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Alstom to maintain 46 trains for Bulgarian national railway company
The €70 million contract between Alstom and BDZ Passenger Services will provide rolling stock maintenance services for 22 diesel and 24 electric units.
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Salini Impregilo wins high-speed rail contract in Turkey
The contract, worth €530 million, is to build a 153-kilometre section of a new high‐speed railway in Turkey between Istanbul and the border with Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria works hard to reduce level crossing fatalities
The total track length of the railway network of the Republic of Bulgaria is 6,529km and there are 790 level crossings managed by the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) of which 140 have manual barriers, 127 have electrical barriers, 108 operate with automatic block, 274 operate with automatic devices, and…
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Russian Railways and Bulgarian State Railways signed a Memorandum on Cooperation
7 May 2014 | By Russian Railways
In Astana (Kazakhstan) as part of the 60th Meeting of the Council for Railway Transport of the Member States of the Commonwealth, a Memorandum on Cooperation between Russian Railways and Bulgarian State Railways was signed...
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FCC inaugurates Danube Bridge 2 linking Bulgaria and Romania
14 June 2013 | By VOX IN THE CITY
FCC has opened to traffic the Vidin-Calafat bridge, linking Bulgaria and Romania...
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Development of the railway sector in the Republic of Bulgaria
20 February 2013 | By Ivaylo Moskovski, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Bulgaria
A very important factor for the development of the transport sector in the Republic of Bulgaria is its geographical location, providing a good link between Europe and Asia and a bridge between the West and the East. To a great extent this pre-determines the potential functions of Bulgaria from a…
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Positive financial future for rail in Bulgaria
18 February 2013 | By Joanna Dimitrova, Financial Director of NRIC
In 2012, the NRIC (the National Railway Infrastructure Company of Bulgaria) reported very good financial results and succeeded in clearing all debts owed to external partners. In a comprehensive interview for Global Railway Review, Joanna Dimitrova, Financial Director of NRIC speaks about these recent achievements and what can be expected…
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Thales and Kapsch win contract for turnkey project on Bulgarian railway line
8 February 2013 | By Thales
Thales has signed a contract with NRIC to provide electronic signalling and telecommunication technology...
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BGN 1.3 billion to be invested in Bulgarian railway infrastructure by 2014
6 February 2012 | By Milcho Lambrev, Director General, National Railway Intrastructure Company (NRIC)
The State Enterprise ‘National Railway Infrastructure Company’ (NRIC) has been established by the Law on Railway Transport – a law which came into force from 1 January 2002. The company is with a statute of a state-owned entity as per the meaning of the Trade Act. The company is registered…
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Boosting railway infrastructure in Bulgaria
3 December 2008 | By Anton Ginev, Director General, National Railway Infrastructure Company, Bulgaria
The task of the modernisation plan of the Railway Infrastructure of Republic of Bulgaria is to develop the advantages of the country cross-road position and its transit potential with an aim to enhance the country’s integration into the European structures and to support the sustainable development of the Southeast Europe…
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Enhancing competitiveness and addressing challenges
27 September 2008 | By Hristo Monov, Executive Director of Bulgarian State Railways EAD (BDZ EAD)
The railways in Bulgaria celebrate their 120th anniversary in 2008. Railway history, of course, is more than just a string of events – it contains stories of achievement, stories of challenges, stories of hard times and most of all, stories of people who lived through their work and contributed to…
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Restructuring: the Bulgarian key for success
6 February 2007 | By Oleg Petkov, Executive Director, Bulgarian State Railways EAD
Historically, the state railways in Bulgaria have always been the most significant part of the national railway system, which embraces industrial lines, factories and mine railways too. The split-up between the railway operator and the infrastructure manager in 2002, was a major change and a process which continues today.