Bulgaria’s State Railway Company Announced Schedule for Steam Train Excursions

Bulgaria’s state railway company, BDZ, released the schedule of the journeys on the steam trains, for 24^th of May. The start of the event will be given with performances by the orchestra of Sofia Municipality and dances by two different children dance groups.

The “Baba Metsa” (Granny Bear) train will set off to Bankya at 10:45. The journey back to Sofia will start at 12:50. It will be pulled by a 1930s steam engine described as “the most powerful in Europe”. The locomotive was designed by Bulgarian engineers, built in Poland and was restored in 2015.

All children who will travel on the "Train of the Letters" have declarations singed by their parents stating they allow the children to be photographed and interviewed. A 13-year-old student from Veliko Turnovo, who has already won a photography competition, will also be on board. At the last attraction trip between Gorna Oryahovitsa and Tryavna with the train on St. George’s Day, she was given a task by BDZ to be a photographer of the journey and she did exceptionally well. That is why BDZ has once again assigned her the task to be a photo reporter of the whole event.

The "Thracian Romance" train, powered by our fastest steam locomotive "05.01", which runs at 120 km / h, will depart from the platform one at Sofia Central Station at 9.00. The train will also include the car of King Boris III of Corona Express, as a wheel museum that passengers will have the opportunity to visit during the trip.

"Thracian Romance" will arrive in Plovdiv at 12.00 at 13.10 will set off to Hisarya and then back to Plovdiv at 17.25. At 18.15, the train departs from Plovdiv to Sofia.

For the duration of the entire journey, the fireman will use between 9 and 10 tonnes of coal.

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