THE BULGARIAN RAILROAD SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200720005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 14, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAl. lNTELLlGENCE AGENCY REFQRT
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Document No.
LATE 1~(STf~. 3.4 January 1348
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ar vas on~veo amvs~ a~ tra nautwa a vtis :enosaae sec es
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or ~sE easve~nro ea ~sr+ aru:st~t m as eansnias~a rests rs wd
.,~~rr~~ a: aaa. nsraosaomat ov eropa sezw es raorserrao~
Rolling StOOk
Rio Stzl!;a1'iew e~eilroa3
EVQ~ATE
The ~`itrure Par all types of t4~eight rolling stook wQ.a gi7sn in ~'bbruary 194?
as 8,400 which included 8b refigerator vars. finis nuiaber has been iaoreased
by the repair of 5,800 oars. The yaa~or part of this work eras cons at the
~+renowo and t~orna Orehoaitsa workshops. The iY.rure for 1'943 vas 16,109
tar ail tSr~s (5,765 open oars, 7,211 oloasd,-sad 1s3 tankers Large
parks bf r~iraagad calling stack may be sees at Sofia, Plovdiv, tiorna
prohovitsa, Hazealik, Pernik= and ta3arly eQery station hss a siding of
rsbsolAte oars.
~,? passenger calling atoak park was reported, again in Fytruary 1947,
~ ~o ?onsi.at of 1,10U aoeahes oP all t~~pea. This figure has apparently
~ toes Lttle increased ainoe then. In 1943, the total Hari-flrsight rolling
_,~ CT7 s?pok was 1.412 (S63 coaches, 84 mail a0.rs, 365 baggage Data -these latter
~..~ ~Me often used Pot passengers on local traias~.
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Signal equipment appears to be manual, except Por the soEYa -Pernik sad
Saf'ia - F~e~cdra lines. Signal equipment i s of C~srman make, the sleatrio
squipment being made by Sien~as.
4. .Telegraph equipment in tho Sofia area is made by Sie:aens sad Aalsks.
Telegraph lines are beside the track sad serried on wooden poles.
~i. Hemote-controlled eleatrio equipment (t'or ar?ritohing) az~pears to be only
in use in part of Sofia and Planrdiv yards and fa the ~vaations of Cherven-
Brag, Lorna Orehovitza, and Dreaovo. Remote-controlled manual switching
gears ere used is r.-.ost large atatioY-a, but on the swot mamte.~. operation
is current in small s+~.ations and passing points.
Plavdiv-Svilengrad-Istanbul line, used bg the Simplon-Oris:tt EXprAas.
The.. main line of internatic~aal ir~portanoo is the 6slgrads-th-agocnan-Sofia-
'Nstwark
?. s r~asinder of the system qen be divided into two main seatiotrra, on~_
~;~r~orth of the Dalkon Mountain rage and the other south of it. A subsidiary
ct.~iss~s~lcAnoN__ s~>Sr~corrrxoL-~. s. oFFlcxals oNLY
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THlS !S UNEVAI.UATEO {NfORMATiON
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~sio~y, e.n~~ ?~~ .~r-,por ~,~erxv tme srate~ioall.y, is that of the Strt Vall+~t-
~"~ balk ?,c~rt-~r~ +9.r~ orosag~i ~ on1J~ lima, .Sofia ~ l~esdra sad
~e-n?rt~i (}rehtr~it~s. - ~ttbovo. and airaumventari by one line, 5humen - 1~arnoba
,;.old not 'eke =;~?e than ~a s3.i~ht1,~ invrea~ad trap. This eisn~erflv~lt
~r-ttte-n+eck is ~~Il l~n.c? a*xd the old Germ plc+n for a trAr?s--~lk~
:~!no from Loeeoh to ~.e~.rlovo fs being included in the nevr Five Ysar Plsm.
w't3o .first aeatfon, Lovao~h to 'i'~oyan, has already bass built by ?oath
rri,-adoss but no ck:~~~~t ?:~rf 11 rs~e~d s lot o? improvir-p before it is able
c~ asrx,~ nar~2 traffio.
as tho lines are air~l4 freak throughout moat of the oountry and as
~Faain~; points are mnaually operated, this heavy tra~Yia pate the sytatetn
-xr~dsr a g~eat strain. 1!~aintonanoe is not aarrfed out aeon enough for
:car of c.~z.ueirsg t ooh disloc:?tiom to the system, so that when it is
_"~ na:I:ly deaidsd to do any c~intenanoe, it tataea tar loaager than necessary.
.:~< ~-n example of tn: a tendanov f.a the disaster at Mara Lekatnit on the
.:~,~4'ia - :~:er~cire line ire J~a 1948? tidnen the svhol? freak avllapsed with heavy
.: ~-~ s ~ o ? ],i ~ ~. he r?ena~t~ i s not vet Pu lly repaired.
1~.~C?,. [ ~'1^,e Sofia - Tk~rti*~6-rz .. Fltxv'div aeatioa is also a+rwt~orked,~ particularly
i~etweeta 3o~'ia and Clara Helovo ortin~ to the need for double hee.din~-.
x-13. ~ n ?che nerov SotYa .- Volyursk pbrnik line is in remnia~! order it will
h?~ lp to talcs the load o f'f the S o t`Ia - Yla de-ya .. Peraik li~ which at
p~^+~so~ h~dles nearly all the coal traffio (the remainder goes by
read,} was:; the manes at f'ernfk to the .capital, sad the 8urilo thermic
poorer station.
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