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Plovdiv Central

Централна гара Пловдив
Plovdiv Central; Централна гара Пловдив
	Façade of the station building (2011)
General information
Location	Blvd. Hristo Botev; Plovdiv; Bulgaria
Coordinates	42°8′4″N 24°44′29″E / 42.13444°N 24.74139°E
Owned by	NRIC
Operated by	Bulgarian Railways
Line(s)	Sofia – Svilengrad Granitsa ; Plovdiv – Burgas ; Plovdiv – Karlovo ; Plovdiv - Asenovgrad ; Plovdiv – Panagyurishte
Platforms	7
Tracks	11
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
History
Opened	1870s
Electrified	1963
Services
Planned 2024 Plovdiv Light Rail Tramway
Location
	Plovdiv Central Location within Bulgaria

Plovdiv Central Railway Station (Bulgarian: Централна железопътна гара Пловдив, romanized: Tsentralna zhelezopatna gara Plovdiv) is the main railway station serving the city and municipality of Plovdiv, the second most populous city in Bulgaria.

History edit

Opened in the 1870s, the station is located on the Lyubimets–Belovo railway, which links Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, with Istanbul, largest city of Turkey. It was built by Turkish architect Mimar Kemaleddin Bey.^[2]

There are 11 tracks in the station. The current Art Nouveau building, designed by the Italian architect professor Mariano Pernigoni, was completed in 1908.^[3]

Gallery edit

Original station, c. 1880
The station building, c. 1916
Main facade
Station platforms today

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Railway map of Bulgaria
^ Wouters, Ine; Voorde, Stephanie van de; Bertels, Inge; Espion, Bernard; Jonge, Krista de; Zastavni, Denis (11 July 2018). Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories, volume 2: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium. ISBN 9780429822537.
^ Raychevski, G., Plovdiv Encyclopedia, Janet 45, 2009, p.340 (in Bulgarian)