Bulgarian State Railways

Since the beginning of this week, Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ - Passenger Services) EOOD has introduced experimental electronic ticketing on trains by the transportation staff using PDA devices. Currently, the service is being tested only on the Sofia - Vratsa - Vidin and Sofia - Vratsa - Lom routes.

Interim Transport Minister Hristo Aleksiev has dismissed the heads of two state-owned companies in the railway sector.

The national railway transport operator, Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), will have Georgi Drumev as CEO, replacing Vladimir Vladimirov.

Krasimir Papukchiyski is the new head of the National Railway Infrastructure Company, replacing Milcho Lambrev.

The train from Sofia to Varna which went off the tracks on Saturday at the Kaloyanovets station was moving at a speed of 100 km/h at the time of the incident, authorities say.

The speed limit in the section of the railroad it was crossing was 40 km/h.

The main offices of Bulgarian State Railways and National Railway Infrastructure Company have been placed under injunction upon lenders' request.

As of April 16, 2014, the state-owned companies can neither sell nor put out to lease their main headquarters buildings, both located near the Central Railway Station Bulgaria's capital Sofia.