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BDZ offers two additional trains between Sofia and Bourgas

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BDZ offers two additional trains between Sofia and Bourgas

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Bulgarian National Railways, BDZ, will add two additional trains on the Sofia-Bourgas line to cope with the increase in traffic during the peak summer season.

The additional trains will be operational on July 21 "in light of the heightened demand from passengers travelling from Sofia to the Black Sea," the company said in a media statement.

"The two additional night trains aim to ease transport service for passengers en route to Bourgas during the height of the summer season," the statement said.

The two additional trains are N8687, which departs from the Sofia Central Station at 11pm, from Sofia bound for Bourgas. Its corresponding train meanwhile, designated as N8686, departs at 10.30pm from Bourgas, en route to Sofia.

"This way, BDZ will ensure that there are 400 additional seats for passengers who travel towards the Black Sea, and 400 additional for those headed towards Sofia".

The trains will consist of four second-class carriages and one mixed carriage, containing both first- and second-class seating arrangements.

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