Classic route
BDŽ Fast Train Burgas
Sofia → Burgas · Bulgaria
BDŽ Fast Train Burgas in pictures
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- Distance
- 458 km
- Fastest time
- 6 h
- Average speed
- 76 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- BDŽ
- Train
- Siemens Desiro EMU
- Countries
- Bulgaria
- In service since
- 1890
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Runs via Plovdiv and Stara Zagora to Burgas, the port at the heart of Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea beaches.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 9.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.2 km from the shape of IC 8613
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