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Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursions in September

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering two steam train excursions, on September 22 and 23, during the country’s Independence Day

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways: Two additional night trains to Bourgas during summer 2023

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Two additional night trains will travel during the summer season from Sofia to Bourgas and back via the Sub-Balkan railway

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Leisure 

Bulgarian railways offers steam train excursions in June

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering steam train excursions in June 2023, along a total of three different routes in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways adds additional couchette car to trains between Sofia and Istanbul

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism, Turkey

Bulgarian state railways BDZ will provide an additional couchette car to the composition of the Sofia – Istanbul – Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria changes to summer daylight savings time: Railway timetable affected

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Clocks in Bulgaria change to summer daylight savings time on March 26 at 3am, going forward an hour, and this

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways’ new passenger train timetable takes effect

December 11, 2022December 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ’s passenger train timetable takes effect as of December 11, BDZ said in a media statement. BDZ

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Leisure 

Bulgarian railways announces another ‘Christmas train’ excursion

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering another “Christmas train” excursion, between Sofia and Bankya, on December 17 and 18. The

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Bulgaria 

Transport Ministry: Bulgarian state railways in ‘extremely worrying’ condition

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has portrayed the country’s state railways BDZ passenger and goods transport divisions as in “extremely worrying” condition

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Leisure 

Bulgarian railways adds two additional Sofia – Bourgas night trains

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Two additional night trains will travel during the summer season between Sofia and Bourgas via the Sub-Balkan rail route, as

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