DEVELOPMENT OF RAIL TRANSPORT IN BULGARIA IN THE CONDITIONS OF A LIBERALIZED TRANSPORT MARKET

Georgi Dimitrov

Scientific paper ID 1810 : 2019/3

DEVELOPMENT OF RAIL TRANSPORT IN BULGARIA IN THE CONDITIONS OF A LIBERALIZED TRANSPORT MARKET

Georgi Dimitrov

This study analyzes the development of rail transport in Bulgaria after 2002, when the liberalization of the sector started with the adoption of a new railway transport law. According to this law, the then National Company ”Bulgarian State Railways” was divided into two separate enterprises ”Bulgarian State Railways” EAD (now Holding BDZ EAD) and National Railway Infrastructure Company (now State Enterprise National Railway Infrastructure Company) the necessary separation between the transport activity and the management of the railway infrastructure is carried out and private capital is allowed to enter the railway transport activity monopolized by the state to date.

The duration of the sixteen-year period under review allows to outline the state and main trends in the development of passenger and freight rail transport in Bulgaria. The demand for passenger and freight rail transport was reported by the number of passengers carried, the quantity of goods transported, passenger and freight transport activity, supply of transport services by number of licensed railway carriers.

The main objective of the survey is based on the established trends in the development of the railway transport in Bulgaria to draw out specific guidelines and recommendations for its future sustainable development under the conditions of a liberalized transport market.

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