Turkish construction firm Dogus Insaat ve Ticaret and the Metrotrace consortium signed an agreement with the municipal company Metropoliten EAD for the construction of the second line of Sofia metro on August 27 in the Ministry of Transport. The two companies won a tender for construction of the metro line Nadezhda borough-Central Train Station-Sveta Nedelya Square-Cherni Vruh Boulevard.

Transport Minister Petar Moutafchiev, Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov and Neli Yordanova, head of the managing body of transport operational programme, attended the signing. Following a proposal by Sofia municipality, the operational programme included the metro expansion, the city said. The programme provides 185 190 million euro of the total amount, with the remaining given by Sofia city.

Dogus Insaat ve Ticaret will complete the part from Nadezhda to Patriarh Evtimii Boulevard, while Metrotrace will construct the remaining segment of the new subway line.

Until 2012, Sofia metro will have two lines with a total length of about 31km and is expected to transport more than 420 000 passengers daily, Sofia municipality said in a media statement on August 26.