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Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursion on June 26

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering a steam train excursion from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Tryavna and Plachkovtsi on June 26.

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Bulgaria 

Tickets for Bulgarian railways’ June steam train excursions go on sale

June 9, 2021June 12, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Tickets for steam train excursions on the narrow-gauge line between Septemvri and Velingrad on June 19 and 20 are now

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways organising two more steam train trips in June

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is organising two further steam train trips on the Septemvri – Velingrad narrow-gauge line after an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offering steam train excursion on June 6

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering an excursion on a steam train on June 6 on the narrow-gauge line between

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Bulgaria 

Connecting Europe Express to pass through Bulgaria in September

May 9, 2021May 11, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

The Connecting Europe Express, an initiative that is part of the European Year of Rail 2021, will pass through Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state railways’ new locomotives go into service

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

The first of Bulgarian state railways BDZ’s new locomotives went into service on December 22, BDZ said. The Siemens locomotives

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways to halt 13 trains for an hour as clocks change to winter time

October 24, 2020October 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

As it has done in past years, Bulgarian state railways BDZ is halting some trains temporarily as clocks change to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways announces winner of public vote on new locomotive colour scheme

August 3, 2020August 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways announced on August 3 the result of an online poll in which the public were asked to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways: Resumption of international trains through border crossings with Greece, Serbia, Turkey postponed

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, new coronavirus

In spite of the planned relaunch, the resumption of international trains through Bulgaria’s border crossings with Greece, Serbia and Turkey

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