Kulata railway station explained
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.
Notes and References
- Web site: ВМРО иска радикални мерки за опазване на жп линията край "Факултета" . 18 November 2023 . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010117/https://offnews.bg/politika/vmro-iska-radikalni-merki-za-opazvane-na-zhp-liniata-kraj-fakulteta-653506.html . live .
- Web site: ЕООД . БДЖ-Пътнически превози . Проектът на График за движение на влаковете за 2024 г. е публикуван за обществено обсъждане . БДЖ - Пътнически превози . 18 November 2023 . bg . 18 September 2023 . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010117/https://www.bdz.bg/bg/a/proektt-na-grafik-za-dvizhenie-na-vlakovete-za-2024-g-e-publikuvan-za-obshchestveno-obszhdane . live .
- Web site: Обяви . www.rail-infra.bg . 17 November 2023 . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010117/https://www.rail-infra.bg/bg/publications/4211 . live .
- Web site: Спират международните влакове през жп гара Кулата Dnes.bg . www.dnes.bg . 18 November 2023 . bg . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010116/https://www.dnes.bg/stranata/2010/12/14/spirat-mejdunarodnite-vlakove-prez-jp-gara-kulata.106329 . live .
- Web site: Сигнал за бомба спря влака от София за Кулата - По света и у нас - БНТ Новини . bntnews.bg . 17 November 2023 . bg . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010116/https://bntnews.bg/bg/a/signal-za-bomba-sprya-vlaka-ot-sofiya-za-kulata-771995 . live .
- Web site: През ж.п.гара – Кулата днес няма да бъдат пропускани пътнически и товарни влакове . Поглед Инфо . 18 November 2023 . bg . 5 March 2010 . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010117/https://pogled.info/bulgarski/prez-zh-p-gara-kulata-dnes-nyama-da-badat-propuskani-patnicheski-i-tovarni-vlakove.10046 . live .
- Web site: ЕООД . БДЖ-Пътнически превози . Заминаващи Кулата . БДЖ - Пътнически превози . 17 November 2023 . bg . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010117/https://live.bdz.bg/bg/kulata/departures . live .
- Web site: Бързият влак Кулата - София разполови човек . 18 November 2023 . 18 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231118010118/https://www.marica.bg/balgariq/obshtestvo/barziqt-vlak-kulata-sofiq-razpolovi-chovek . live .