Bulgaria signs 511M leva contract for 20 Škoda electric locomotives

Bulgaria’s caretaker Transport Minister Krassimira Stoyanova and Škoda chief operating officer Petr Novotny signed on September 4 a contract for the supply of 20 electric locomotives valued at 511.4 million leva, the government information service said.

The acquisition is financed with funds from the European Union’s Recovery and Sustainablity Plan, the statement said.

The delivery period is two years.

The locomotives will serve passengers on the longest railway routes in Bulgaria – Sofia-Bourgas, Sofia-Varna and Sofia-Rousse.

The supply contract includes maintenance for a period of 15 years and personnel training.

The rolling stock has a capacity of at least 300 seats and a speed of up to 160 km/h.

(Archive photo: falk2, via Wikimedia Commons)

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