Bulgarian State Railways

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkb:state-owned_enterprise
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:BDŽ
gptkbp:connectivity gptkb:Greece
gptkb:North_Macedonia
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:Serbia
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:country gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Bulgarian_lev
gptkbp:electrification partially electrified
gptkbp:founded 1888
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Sofia
gptkbp:historicalEvent nationalized in 1888
split into passenger and cargo divisions in 2002
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bulgarian State Railways
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:languageOfService gptkb:Bulgarian
gptkbp:logo BDZ logo.svg
gptkbp:mainHub gptkb:Sofia_Central_Station
gptkb:Burgas
gptkb:Gorna_Oryahovitsa
gptkb:Plovdiv
gptkb:Ruse
gptkb:Varna
gptkbp:member gptkb:International_Union_of_Railways_(UIC)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Български_държавни_железници
gptkbp:network over 4,000 km
gptkbp:notableRoute gptkb:Sofia–Burgas
gptkb:Sofia–Istanbul
gptkb:Sofia–Plovdiv
gptkb:Sofia–Ruse
gptkb:Sofia–Thessaloniki
gptkb:Sofia–Varna
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 10,000
gptkbp:operates freight trains
passenger trains
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Bulgarian_government
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Transport_and_Communications_(Bulgaria)
gptkbp:publicTransit paper and electronic
gptkbp:rollingStock diesel locomotives
electric locomotives
freight wagons
passenger coaches
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:BDZ_Cargo
gptkb:BDZ_Passenger_Services
gptkbp:trackGauge standard gauge
gptkbp:UCI_code 52
gptkbp:website https://www.bdz.bg/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ема-502
gptkb:Siemens_Desiro
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5