On Wednesday (May 18th), the public transport in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, including the subway, will run along the usual routes. However, there will certainly be difficulties due to the scheduled protests of haulers, taxi drivers and transport..
The number of Bulgarian municipalities which are struggling to pay their electricity bills for street lighting and public transport has increased due to the soaring prices of power and fuels, mayors of Bulgarian municipalities say. According to..
Contactless ticket payment and new plastic travel cards for surface transport are being introduced in Sofia as of 11 May. Dimitar Dilchev, director of the Urban Mobility Centre stated, for the BNR’s Horizont channel, that time-limit urban..
Sofia will receive EUR 3,712,553 to develop a system for cleaner public transport. This is the so-called “On-demand Green Transport ” which will be implemented for the first time in the EU. It envisages that electric buses will be running along..
Mass checks whether masks are being worn in public transport vehicles are starting in Sofia today. Passengers without masks will be fined and forcibly removed from the vehicles with the help of police. The fines are BGN 300-1000 (EUR153-511)...
At 08.30 on May 7 in Sofia operation of the paid parking zones is restored. Simultaneously with the reactivation of the paid zones, a gradual normalization of the schedules of the public transport begins. This will first happen with the trams and..
A total of 46.6 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund will be invested in modernizing tram infrastructure and services in the Bulgarian capital, the EC said. EU funded activities include reconstruction of tramways, the purchase of..
A passenger travelling in Sofia public transport without a ticket sprayed with pepper spray four people in a tram in Bulgaria’s capital. His aggression was due to a quarrel with several ticket inspectors. The perpetrator is wanted by the Police, the..
