Kulatа railway station (Bulgarian: гара Кулата) is a railway station[3] in the border village of Kulata, Petrich municipality, Blagoevgrad region, Bulgaria. It is a railway border checkpoint (connecting to the Greek station Promachon, and from there to Komotini and Thessaloniki) located 1.5 km from the border with Greece.[4]
Kulata railway station гара Кулата | |||||||||||
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 The station, May 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2865 Kulata, Bulgaria Bulgaria | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°23′29″N 23°21′42″E / 41.391371°N 23.361692°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | NRIC[1] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Strymon-Kulata railway[2] (Greece) Railway Line 5 (Bulgaria) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | (2 island platforms, 1 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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History
editIn 2015 a train to Kulata was delayed due to a bomb scare.[5]
Services
editAlthough it is an extreme border station,[6] the station is served daily by passenger trains to the cities of Sandanski, Dupnitsa, Petrich,[7] Blagoevgrad and Sofia,[8] including the international direction Sofia-Thessalonica-Sofia, which has been resumed since May 2014, after nearly 3 year suspension.
Gallery
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Skoda built single cabbed loco in foreground, the 61004 is seen at the station, 21 April 2010. -
Greek diesel locomotive that brought train 360 Thessaloníki–Sofia from Strymonas returns to Greece after uncoupling, June 2016
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References
edit- ^ ЕООД, БДЖ-Пътнически превози (18 September 2023). "Проектът на График за движение на влаковете за 2024 г. е публикуван за обществено обсъждане". БДЖ - Пътнически превози (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "ВМРО иска радикални мерки за опазване на жп линията край "Факултета"". Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Обяви". www.rail-infra.bg. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Спират международните влакове през жп гара Кулата | Dnes.bg". www.dnes.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Сигнал за бомба спря влака от София за Кулата - По света и у нас - БНТ Новини". bntnews.bg (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "През ж.п.гара – Кулата днес няма да бъдат пропускани пътнически и товарни влакове". Поглед Инфо (in Bulgarian). 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ ЕООД, БДЖ-Пътнически превози. "Заминаващи Кулата". БДЖ - Пътнически превози (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Бързият влак Кулата - София разполови човек". Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
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