“I am surprised that Atanas Pekanov, who was twice the minister responsible for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RPP), did not bother to read it. Otherwise, he would have seen that a project for a city railway in Plovdiv, which will is financed under the PVU, it is here:
PVU (final version from April 2022):
Project sheet 19 (component 8, investment 1):
“Description of Project 1 – Introduction of regularly scheduled train service (S-bahn type) in the suburban areas of Sofia, Plovdiv and other cities by purchasing single- and double-decker interoperable electric motor trains with a maximum speed of 160 km/h, equipped with ERTMS . In order to improve the railway transport service of the largest cities of Bulgaria – among them Sofia and Plovdiv, it is planned to organize the movement of regular suburban trains (type S-bahn) in their suburban areas.”
Stage 184 and 186: “42 Electric Motor Trains (EMTs) for passenger services in suburban transport with a maximum speed of 160 km/h, equipped with on-board equipment for ERTMS — 7 double-decker EMTs with a minimum seating capacity of 300 seats and 35 single-decker EMTs with a minimum capacity of 200 seats,” the former finance minister also wrote
