title=" delaying trains across Bulgaria underlines infrastructure woes, passengers frustrated"
Bulgaria’s state railway operator, BDZ, is grappling with widespread delays today, causing substantial inconvenience to passengers on key routes. The latest incident, reported by BNT, involved a train on the Varna-Sofia line, which departed from Bulgaria’s coastal capital at 09:20 but was stuck for over an hour between Stara Zagora and MichaIlovo due to a fault in the contact network.
The state-owned BDZ informed passengers that they would be transported by bus instead, but the alternative solution did little to mitigate the delays. At Sofia’s Central Station, the train arrived 90 minutes behind schedule, extending the journey from Varna to almost 10 hours. The disruption wasn’t isolated; another train at Septemvri Station was delayed by 82 minutes in the late afternoon.
Passengers on social media have expressed their frustration, with many calling for investment in Bulgaria’s railway infrastructure. The recent delays come amidst increasing concerns about the dilapidated state of the country’s railway network, which is considered one of the worst in Europe.
Officials from BDZ have yet to comment on when services will return to normal, leaving thousands of passengers across the country’s key routes experiencing significant disruptions to their travel plans.
