Plovdiv Central Railway Station (Bulgarian: Централна железопътна гара Пловдив, romanized: Tsentralna zhelezopatna gara Plovdiv) is the main railway station serving the city and municipality of Plovdiv, the second most populous city in Bulgaria.
Plovdiv Central Централна гара Пловдив | |||||
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 Façade of the station building (2011) | |||||
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| Location | Blvd. Hristo Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria | ||||
| Coordinates | 42°8′4″N 24°44′29″E / 42.13444°N 24.74139°E | ||||
| Owned by | NRIC | ||||
| Operated by | Bulgarian Railways | ||||
| Line(s) | Sofia – Svilengrad Granitsa[1] Plovdiv – Burgas[1] Plovdiv – Karlovo[1] Plovdiv - Asenovgrad[1] Plovdiv – Panagyurishte[1] | ||||
| Platforms | 7 | ||||
| Tracks | 11 | ||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1870s | ||||
| Electrified | 1963 | ||||
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Planned 2024 Plovdiv Light Rail Tramway
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History
editOpened in the 1870s, the station is located on the Lyubimets–Belovo railway, which links Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, with Istanbul, largest city of Turkey. It was built by Turkish architect Mimar Kemaleddin Bey.[2]
There are 11 tracks in the station. The current Art Nouveau building, designed by the Italian architect professor Mariano Pernigoni, was completed in 1908.[3]
Gallery
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Original station, c. 1880 -
The station building, c. 1916 -
Main facade -
Station platforms today
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Railway map of Bulgaria
- ^ Wouters, Ine; Voorde, Stephanie van de; Bertels, Inge; Espion, Bernard; Jonge, Krista de; Zastavni, Denis (11 July 2018). Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories, volume 2: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium. ISBN 9780429822537.
- ^ Raychevski, G., Plovdiv Encyclopedia, Janet 45, 2009, p.340 (in Bulgarian)
External links
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