From Sofia to Plovdiv by train - only 1 hour from 2023

19 offers were submitted for modernization of the Elin Pelin - Kostenets railway line. The section has a total length of 51 km and is part of the railway Sofia - Plovdiv. The project, worth more than BGN 1 billion, is the largest for this programming period of the Operational Programme “Transport” and it is planned to build over 20 km of tunnels and 23 bridges and viaducts with a total length of about 3 km.

After the modernization, which is due to end in 2023, between Sofia and Plovdiv will be traveled only for an hour, announced the Ministry of Transport at the opening of the price offers. Soon there will be the first speed railway from Sofia to Burgas and Svilengrad.