Sunday, February 13, 2011

International trains between Bulgaria and Greece cancelled

The international trains between Bulgaria and Greece will be cancelled, the Bulgarian State Railway (BDZ) announced.
This is a decision of the

Greek railway administration due to the bailout program for financial stabilization of the Greek railways.
From February 11 to 17 the two international trains Romania, which travel between Bucharest and Thessaloniki via Sofia, will run only between Bucharest and Kulata checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border. After February 17 the two international trains will travel only between the Romanian and Bulgarian capitals.
On February 12 the afternoon international train from Thessaloniki to Sofia will not run. From February 13 the two morning international trains and the two afternoon ones between Sofia and Thessaloniki will not travel. 
BDZ Holding will give a refund to all its customers who bought a ticket for the cancelled trains in advance.




source: FOCUS NEWS AGENCY