Classic route
BDZ Fast Train
Sofia → Ruse · Bulgaria
BDZ Fast Train in pictures
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- Distance
- 404 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 6 h
- Average speed
- 67 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- BDZ
- Train
- BDZ fast train
- Countries
- Bulgaria
- In service since
- 1897
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Capital to the Danube: through the Iskar gorge, across the Pleven plain, down to Ruse’s Habsburg-flavoured riverfront and the bridge to Romania.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 9647
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