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In accordance with the regulations of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the Managing Authority of Operational Programme on Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014-2020 (OPTTI) has sent the 2020 Annual Implementation Report to the European Commission for review and approval.

The EC authorities has approved the document on 16^th of July 2021.

You can see the OPTTI achievements for 2020 in the Citizen’s Summary here.

The construction of the longest two-pipe railway tunnel, built so far in Bulgaria and at the Balkans, has started today. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Georgi Todorov launched the construction works for a project for the modernisation of the railway section Elin Pelin-Vakarel. The site is part of the main railway highway in the direction East - West and is one of the extremely important for Bulgaria and neighboring countries European Corridor No. 8 and the passing TEN-T Network in our country.

Decision (EU) 2020/2228 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 declared that 2021 year is the European Year of Railway Transport. Through projects, discussions, events, exhibitions and initiatives throughout Europe, the European Year of Rail Transport will promote railways among citizens, businesses and public authorities as an attractive and sustainable way of moving, focusing on its innovative nature.

Two contracts have been signed for construction and modernisation of the railway section Voluyak-Dragoman, with total amount of more than BGN 360 million excluding VAT. The route is  part of the project “Modernisation of the Sofia-Dragoman-Serbian border railway line” with two subdivisions: Volujak-Peterch and Peterch-Dragoman. Before the start of the physical implementation of the sections, contractors must prepare technical and work projects for the sites.

Fully renovated and put into operation today is the second largest railway station in Sofia – Poduyane station. The reconstruction of the building was carried out with European funds under Operational Programme “Transport and Transport Infrastructure”, with over BGN 2.9 million invested in the site. The railway complex Poduyane is part of the railway line Sofia-Plovdiv, which is the busiest one in the country. The number of passengers arriving and departing in this direction is about 1.4 million.

In order to direct funds to measures to overcome the negative economic consequences for the Bulgarian economy from the epidemic spread of COVID-19, the budget of Operational Programme “Transport and Transport Infrastructure” 2014-2020 (OPTTI) is changed and redirected as BFP resource under the programme.

From August 26^th 2020 Sofia metro has been increased by 8 new stations and 8 km route. The section, provisionally called “Stage 1”, connects Hadzhi Dimitar and Krasno Selo districts through nodes of the central part of the capital.

The construction of Stage 1 lasted four years and various technologies had been used including “New Austrian tunnel method”, “Milanese method” and a tunnel-boring machine “Vitosha” in the process of building the complex central urban section.

From Krasno Selo to Hadzhi Dimitar – this is the route along which the new line 3 of the metro will pass. It will be put into operation on 26 August, Wednesday.

The section is 8 km long and includes 8 metro stations and passengers will travel the distance for about 15 minutes.

More information about the project: https: //www.eufunds.bg/bg/optti/node/1689

You can see pictures from the new line 3 of the subway in our gallery.

Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rossen Jeliazkov launched the reconstruction of the railway station complex at Stara Zagora.The term for the implementation of the activities is 24 months.