Sofia Public Transport
The public transport in Sofia consists of a comprehensive network of bus, trolleybus, tram and metro lines. It is overseen by the Sofia Urban Mobility Center, a municipal enterprise responsible for route planning, scheduling, fare collection and ticket inspection. It also pays the various transport operators for their service on a per-kilometer basis. Sofia is the only city in Bulgaria that operates the four modes of public transport.[1]
As of 2023, public transport in Sofia is operated by 3 municipal and 1 private company:
- Столичен автотранспорт ЕАД (Sofia Public Bus Transport Company JSC) operates the majority of bus services
- Столичен електротранспорт ЕАД (Sofia Public Electrical Transport Company JSC) operates the tram and trolleybus networks
- Метрополитен ЕАД (Metropoliten JSC) operates the Sofia Metro
- Private company MTK Group operate some, mainly suburban, bus services
Metro
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Tram
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Rail
Trolleybus
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Bus
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Intercity Bus Lines
See also
- Sofia Metro
- Transport in Bulgaria
- List of metro systems
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
References
- ^ Eurotransport magazine issue 6, 2015 ISSN 1478-8217
External links
- Sofia Urban Mobility Centre official website (in English)
Media related to Transport in Sofia at Wikimedia Commons
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