Plovdiv–Karlovo railway

North out of Plovdiv to the Rose Valley at Karlovo under the Balkan range, sixty one kilometres opened on 28 September 1933.

Bulgarian Railways name this line for its junction rather than for the city: it starts at Filipovo, on the north side of Plovdiv, and runs standard gauge to Karlovo. Its own article is a stub, so the atlas says little more than the timetable does: BДЖ regional trains take about 1 h 24 over the 61 km.

Stations

1. 0 kmFilipovo
2. 8 kmTrud
3. 14 kmGraf Ignatievo
4. 20 kmKalojanovo
5. 25 kmChernozemen
6. 29 kmDolna Mahala
7. 33 kmGorna Mahala
8. 35 kmIvan Vazovo
9. 38 kmPesnopoi
10. 41 kmSvetlina
11. 42 kmОтдих
12. 46 kmBanja
13. 54 kmDabene
14. 61 kmKarlovo

The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3898639: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.4 km from the shape of R 82204
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Plovdiv–Karlovo railway?

The Plovdiv–Karlovo railway runs 61 km from Plovdiv to Karlovo.

How long does the Plovdiv–Karlovo railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 24 min for the 61 km. That is an average of 44 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Plovdiv–Karlovo railway?

BДЖ.

How old is the Plovdiv–Karlovo railway?

The line has been in service since 1933. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the Plovdiv–Karlovo railway run?

7 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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