According to experts, however,
BDZ can not compete with foreign carriers.
In the fifth decade of its use,
BDZ is still the widely and most frequently prescribed drug.
To break even,
BDZ needs to lay off 2000 workers, cut about 150 lines and hike prices by between nine per cent and 15 per cent, all by the year's end, under the Government's current plan.
The next state support scheme provides for
BDZ to receive hundreds of millions of concessions at Sofia Airport.
A passenger train comprising the locomotive and three carriages will shuttle October 17-18 between Sofiaas Central Railway Station and the cityas western neighbourhood of Bankya,
BDZ said in a statement.
The crash was so severe that it knocked out the electricity supply along one of the country's busiest railway lines, leaving 14 trains stranded for more than seven hours while
BDZ undertook repairs and tried to substitute the electricity-powered locomotives for diesel ones.
BDZ reported a year-on-year decrease by 7.6%, or 489 000 passengers less, in the period April a June 2015, a time when the number of trips normally goes up.
He made clear that no entity had inquired about the company at the Privatization Agency, adding that its privatization was part of the 7-year strategy for Holding
BDZ.
The new strategy for stabilization and development of the Bulgarian railway service
BDZ will be ready until the middle of February, as announced by the CEO of the company Vladimir Vladimirov on Wednesday.At a round table organized by Industry Watch Bulgaria, experts, analysts, European Commission representatives and government officials discussed an action plan to improve the financial condition of
BDZ.The company has been struggling to stay afloat.