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August 11, 2023 | Fleet

IRJ news in brief - fleet

New EMUs for Croatia, more Inspiro metro trains for Sofia, and first new train for Marseille metro delivered.

July 19, 2023 | Fleet

IRJ news in brief: Fleet

Sofia orders Škoda metro trains, Lint54 DMUs withdrawn, Siemens to maintain Alpha Trains Vectron fleet.

May 18, 2023 | Financial

EC approves Bulgaria’s €32m grant scheme to encourage shift to rail

Direct grants to operators will fund retrofit of ETCS Level 2 onboard equipment.

March 9, 2023 | Infrastructure

€2.3bn Vidin - Sofia rail modernisation plan outlined

Realignment to shorten route by 14km.

November 3, 2022 | Infrastructure

North Macedonia begins €200m works on link to the Bulgarian border

Project includes sections of line rehabilitation and construction as part of European Corridor VIII.

July 25, 2022 | Financial

EU provides €110m for Voluyak – Dragoman upgrade in Bulgaria

Cohesion Fund supports track doubling on route to Serbia.

July 8, 2022 | Signalling

Bulgaria begins installing ERTMS on Ruse - Kaspichan line

The project is worth $US 107.1m.

February 15, 2022 | Policy

Bulgarian government combines passenger and freight operators into a single company

Government aiming to improve the company’s financial performance.

November 23, 2021 | Financial

EBRD provides €150m loan for Ispartakule - Cerkezkoy section of Turkish line

The section will form part of the line from Istanbul to the Bulgarian border.

November 19, 2021 | Fleet

Pesa signs contract to deliver 25 LRVs for Sofia

The contract was awarded in July 2020, but was delayed due to appeals.

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