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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.<ref>Eurotransport magazine issue 6, 2015 ISSN 1478-8217</ref>
[[File:MAN Lion's city buses in Sofia.jpg|thumb|250px|Buses No. 83 and 120 near [[Vitosha Metro Station]], 2016]]
'''[[Sofia]] Public Transport Company''' operates surface transit in the city. It is overseen by the Sofia Urban Mobility Center (Capital Company for Public Transport). The company has a large fleet of 535 [[bus]]es, 93 [[trolleybus]]es and 156 [[tram]]s which pass throughout the city. Metropoliten is the municipality-owned company that operates the [[Sofia Metro]] with 26 trainsets on 2 lines. (Dec.2014 figures) Sofia is the only city in Bulgaria that operates the four modes of public transport.<ref>Eurotransport magazine issue 6, 2015 ISSN 1478-8217</ref>


As of 2023, public transport in Sofia is operated by 3 municipal and 1 private company:
==Sofia Metro Lines==
* Столичен автотранспорт ЕАД (Sofia Public Bus Transport Company JSC) operates the majority of bus services
[[File:Sofia metro at Musagenitsa.jpg|thumb|[[Musagenitsa Metro Station]], 2009]]
* 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==
{{main article|Sofia Metro}}
{{main article|Sofia Metro}}
[[File:Sofia metro at Musagenitsa.jpg|thumb|[[Musagenitsa Metro Station]], 2009]]
* <span style="color:#FF5800">'''Line M1'''</span>: [[Slivnitsa Metro Station|Slivnitsa]] — [[Business Park Sofia Metro Station|Business Park]]
* <span style="color:#1974D2">'''Line M2'''</span>: [[Vitosha Metro Station|Vitosha]] — [[Obelya Metro Station|Obelya]] — [[Sofia Airport Metro Station|Sofia Airport]]
* <span style="color:#4F7942">'''Line M3'''</span>: Ovcha Kupel — Botevgradsko shose (In construction)


==Tram routes==
==Tram==
[[File:CKD T6A2 trams in Sofia.jpg|thumb|CKD T6A2 tram in Sofia on line 7A]]
{{main article|Trams in Sofia}}
{{main article|Trams in Sofia}}
[[File:J26 190 Blvd. Christo Botev, ET 2304.jpg|thumb|PESA 122NaSF Swing tram in Sofia on line 7]]
* Tram № 1 - [[:bg:Борово (квартал)|Borovo]] - [[Overpass Nadezhda]]
* Tram № 3 - [[:bg:Централна жп гара|Central Railway Station]] - [[Railway Station Zaharna Fabrika]]
* Tram № 4 - Nikola Petkov - Orlandovtsi
* Tram № 5 - [[:bg:Княжево|Knyazhevo]] - [[Sofia Court House|Sadebna palata]]
* Tram № 6 - [[Lozenets, Sofia|Lozenets]] - [[:bg:Обеля|Obelya]]
* Tram № 7 - [[:bg:Борово (квартал)|Borovo]] - [[Han Kubrat Metro Station]]
* Tram № 7A - [[:bg:Борово (квартал)|Borovo]] - Orlandovtsi
* Tram № 8 - [[Lyulin (municipality)|Lyulin-5]] - [[Sofia Court House|Sadebna palata]]
* Tram № 10 - [[:bg:Западен парк (квартал)|Zapaden Park]] - [[:bg:Метростанция "Витоша"|Vitosha Metro Station]]
* Tram № 11 - Nikola Petkov -
* Tram № 12 - [[:bg:Княжево|Knyazhevo]] - Iliqntsi
* Tram № 18 - [[Journalist sq.]] - Orlandovtsi
* Tram № 20 - [[Iskar, Sofia|Iskar Depot]] - [[Opalchenska Metro Station]]
* Tram № 22 - East station - [[Krasna polyana]] Depot
* Tram № 23 - [[:bg:Младежки театър „Николай Бинев“|Mladezhki theater]] - Obikolna Street


==Rail==
==Rail==
[[Sofia Central Station]]
{{See|Sofia Central Station|Poduyane railway station}}


=Trolleybus=
==Trolleybus==
[[File:Buses in Sofia c 002.JPG|thumb|[[Mercedes-Benz]] O345 Conecto G bus in Sofia, 2009]]
{{main article|Trolleybuses in Sofia}}
{{main article|Trolleybuses in Sofia}}
[[File:Škoda 26Tr Solaris trolleybus in Sofia.jpg|thumb|Škoda Solaris 26tr trolleybus in Sofia on line 11]]
Legend:<br>


==Bus==
As of January 2017, the following trolleybus lines in Sofia are in service:
{{main article|Public buses in Sofia}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center"
[[File:MAN Lion's city buses in Sofia.jpg|thumb|MAN Lion's city buses in Sofia on lines 83 & 120]]
|-
!rowspan=1|Line
!rowspan=1|Route
!rowspan=1|Depot
|-
|1
|Levski-G Residential District — Fifth City Hospital
|Nadezhda
|-
|2
|Hadzhi Dimitar Residential District — Buxton Residential District
|Iskar and Nadezhda
|-
|4
|Druzhba 2 Residential District — Hadzhi Dimitar Residential District
|Iskar
|-
|5
|Mladost-1 Residential District — Nadezhda Overbridge
|Iskar
|-
|6
|Lyulin 3 Residential District — Lyulin 1 Residential District — Stochna gara Square
|Nadezhda and Iskar
|-
|7
|Lyulin 3 Residential District — Lyulin 7 Residential District — Odeon Cinema
|Nadezhda
|-
|8
|Regional Hospital — Gotse Delchev Residential District
|Iskar
|-
|9
|Borovo Residential District — Stochna gara Square
|Nadezhda
|-
|11
|Druzhba 1 Residential District — Stochna gara Square
|Iskar
|}

==Bus routes==
As of January 2017, the following bus lines in Sofia are in service:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=1|Line
!rowspan=1|Route
!rowspan=1|Depot
| style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''1'''
|Autostation Geo Milev — Kokalyansko hanche // Kokalyane
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''3'''
|Autostation Geo Milev — Dolni Pasarel
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''4'''
|Mladost-1 — Kokalyane inn
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''5'''
|Autostation Geo Milev — Dolni Lozen
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''6'''
|Autostation Geo Milev — German
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''7'''
|Iskar train station - (BRC) - Gorni Lozen
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''8'''
|German - Krivina
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''9'''
|Autobase Iskar - Gurko str.
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''10'''
|Busmantsi — D. Milenkov
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''11'''
|Autostation Geo Milev — Ovcha Kupel-2
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''12'''
|Autostation Iztok - Dolni Bogrov
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''14'''
|Iskar train station - Autobase Iskar
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''18'''
|Autostation Orlandovtsi - Chepintsi
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''20'''
|Autostation Orlandovtsi - (The Mill) - Lokorsko
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''21/22'''
|Orlandovtsi - Podgumer hospital
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''23'''
|Autostation Orlandovtsi - Kurilo train station
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''24'''
|Autostation Orlandovtsi - Benkovski // St. Mina monastery // Lokorsko
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''25'''
|Autostation Iliyantsi — Mirovyane
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''26'''
|Obelya - Gnilyane
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''27'''
|North station - Katina
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''28'''
|Lokorsko - (Podgumer) - Mramor
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''29'''
|Autostation Iliyantsi - Balsha
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''30'''
|Obelya - Balsha
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''31'''
|Obelya - Golyanovtsi
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''42'''
|Lyulin-8 - Autostation Bankya
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''44'''
|Autostation Bankya - Gradoman // Verdikal // Ivanyane
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''44Б'''
|[[Slivnitsa Metro Station]] - Autostation Bankya
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''45'''
|Ovcha Kupel - [[Vardar Metro Station]]
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''47'''
|[[Slivnitsa Metro Station]] - Gradoman
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''48'''
|[[Slivnitsa Metro Station]] - Mihaylovo
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''49'''
|[[Slivnitsa Metro Station]] - Klisura
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''54'''
|[[Slivnitsa Metro Station]] - Kalotina road junction
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''56'''
|[[Vardar Metro Station]] - Malo Buchino
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''59'''
|Knyazhevo - Tolumska Mahala/Marchaevo
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''60'''
|Central railway station - Ovcha Kupel
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''63'''
|Tsar Boris III blvd. - Byalata cheshma str.
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''64'''
|Sofia Zoo - Tsentar po higiena
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''65'''
|Sofia Zoo - Manastirski livadi
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''67'''
|Seminariyata - Simeonovo
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''69'''
|Oncological hospital - Bistritsa // Tzareva mahala
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''70'''
|Oncological hospital - Plana
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''72'''
|Pliska hotel - Zapaden Park
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''73'''
|Ovcha Kupel-2 - Gotse Delchev
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''74'''
|Central railway station - Gotse Delchev
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''75'''
|Autostation Geo Milev - Orlov most
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''76'''
|Mladost-4 - Gotse Delchev
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''77'''
|Central railway station - Zapaden Park
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''78'''
|Central railway station - Vrazhdebna
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''79'''
|Hristo Botev - DIP Stind
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''81'''
|Obelya railway station - Ivanyane
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''82'''
|Central railway station - Lyulin-5
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''83'''
|Sofia Zoo - Hyundai Bulgaria
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''84'''
|Sofia Airport - Gurko str.
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''85'''
|Stefan Karadzha - Vrabnitsa-2
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''86'''
|Svoboda - Malashevtsi
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''88'''
|Sofia Zoo - Druzhba-2
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''90'''
|Malashevtsi - Buhovo
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''93'''
|Sofia Zoo - Simeonovo Gondola lift
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''94'''
|[[Sofia University]] - Studentski grad
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''98'''
|Sofia Zoo - Zheleznitsa
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''100'''
|Benkovski - Patnostroitelna tehnika
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''101'''
|Central railway station - Fondovi zhilishta
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''102'''
|Ovcha Kupel - Studentski grad
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''103'''
|Autostation Ovcha Kupel - Bonsovi polyani
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''107'''
|[[Boyana Church]] - Karpuzitsa
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''108'''
|Lyulin 5 - Hyundai Bulgaria
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''111'''
|Mladost-1 - Lyulin-1,2
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''113'''
|Mladost-1 - Mladost-4
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''117'''
|Autostation Iztok - Buhovo
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''118'''
|Autostation Iztok - Zhelyava
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''119'''
|Autostation Iztok - Kremikovtsi Steel Complex // Botunets
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''120'''
|Sofia Zoo - Levski G
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''122'''
|Sofia Zoo - Simeonovo Gondola lift
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''123'''
|Oncological hospital - Simeonovo Gondola lift
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''150'''
|Obelya-1 - Voluyak centre // Plodohranilishteto
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''204'''
|Druzhba-2 - Gotse Delchev
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''213'''
|Central railway station - Mladost-4
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''260'''
|Gorna Banya - Praga blvd.
| Eridantrans
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''280'''
|Studentski grad - Sofia University
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''285'''
|Stefan Karadzha - Vrabnitsa-2
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''294'''
|Studentski grad - Aviation place
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''304'''
|Manastirski livadi - Drujba 2
| Zemlyane
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''305'''
|Central railway station - Mladost-3
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''306'''
|Mladost-2 - Sofia University
| Karat S
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''309'''
|Lyulin-1,2 - Iliyantsi
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''310'''
|Lyulin-5 - Stochna gara square
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''314'''
|Mladost-1 - Bistrica
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''384'''
|Sofia Airport - Druzhba-2
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''404'''
|Central railway station - Druzhba bus depot
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''413'''
|Central railway station - Mladost-4
| Drujba
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''505'''
|Orlov most - Vrana park
| Malashevtsi
|-
|style="font-size:140%;" align="center" |'''604'''
|Iskar railway station - Pirogov hospital
| Drujba
|}


==Intercity Bus Lines==
==Intercity Bus Lines==
[[Central Bus Station Sofia]]
{{Further|Central Bus Station Sofia}}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Sofia Metro]]
*[[Sofia Metro]]
*[[Transport in Bulgaria]]
*[[Transport in Bulgaria]]
*[[List of metro systems]]
*[[List of tram and light rail transit systems]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.sofiatraffic.bg/en/common Sofia Urban Mobility Centre official website (in English)]
{{commonscat-inline|Transport in Sofia}}
{{commonscat-inline|Transport in Sofia}}


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[[Category:Transport in Sofia]]
[[Category:Transport in Sofia]]

[[bg:Илиянци|Iliyantsi]]

Latest revision as of 13:41, 15 July 2024

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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Main article: Sofia Metro
Musagenitsa Metro Station, 2009

Tram

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Main article: Trams in Sofia
PESA 122NaSF Swing tram in Sofia on line 7

Rail

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Further information: Sofia Central Station and Poduyane railway station

Trolleybus

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Main article: Trolleybuses in Sofia
Škoda Solaris 26tr trolleybus in Sofia on line 11

Bus

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Main article: Public buses in Sofia
MAN Lion's city buses in Sofia on lines 83 & 120

Intercity Bus Lines

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Further information: Central Bus Station Sofia

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Eurotransport magazine issue 6, 2015 ISSN 1478-8217
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Media related to Transport in Sofia at Wikimedia Commons

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