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The future subsidized railway carrier will be selected by tender The future public railway carrier of Bulgaria, which will be subsidized by the state, will be selected by public procurement. The conditions of the procedure will be announced by March 31, 2024. This is clear from a message from the Ministry of Transport to the Public Procurement Agency in connection with the performance of public transport services in the field of railway transport. Thus, Bulgaria will keep the commitment made before the European Commission, through the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan (NRSP), from January 1, 2025, to give the opportunity to other railway companies, besides BDZ, to receive a state subsidy to transport passengers. The current contract between "BDZ Passenger Transport" and the state for the transport of passengers expires at the end of 2024. For this year, the subsidy received by the state carrier is about BGN 200 million. It is expected that interest in the tender will be high, because the future operator will received the right to operate the new rolling stock as well, and the state will pay and even its maintenance for 15 years, which the Ministry of Transport will buy with the money under the NPVU. It is unofficially commented that, in addition to BDZ Passenger Transport, several private railway carriers also have plans to participate in the tender. Currently, only PIMK Rail Express has a license for passenger transport. The company plans to launch a passenger line in the Sofia - Plovdiv - Burgas direction next year.

 

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