Kulata railway station

гара Кулата
The station, May 2016
General information
Location2865 Kulata, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Coordinates41°23′29″N 23°21′42″E / 41.391371°N 23.361692°E / 41.391371; 23.361692
Owned byNRIC[1]
Line(s)Strymon-Kulata railway,[2] Railway Line 5 (Bulgaria)
Platforms(2 island platforms, 1 side platform)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
ElectrifiedNo
Services
Preceding station BDŽ Following station
Sofia
towards [[ railway station|]]
 Thessaloniki-Sofia Express Strymonas
towards Thessaloniki
Location
Kulata is located in Bulgaria
Kulata
Kulata
Location within Bulgaria

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]

History

In 2015 a train to Kulata was delayed due to a bomb scare.[5]

Services

Although 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "ВМРО иска радикални мерки за опазване на жп линията край „Факултета"". Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Обяви". www.rail-infra.bg. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Спират международните влакове през жп гара Кулата | Dnes.bg". www.dnes.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Сигнал за бомба спря влака от София за Кулата - По света и у нас - БНТ Новини". bntnews.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "През ж.п.гара – Кулата днес няма да бъдат пропускани пътнически и товарни влакове". Поглед Инфо (in Bulgarian). 5 March 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ↑ ЕООД, БДЖ-Пътнически превози. "Заминаващи Кулата". БДЖ - Пътнически превози (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Бързият влак Кулата - София разполови човек". Retrieved 18 November 2023.


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