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Bulgaria
as of Sep 2026
- Total open
- 710 km#2 / 3
- Under construction
- 18 km#2 / 3
- Planned
- 13 km
- Projects
- 10
14 km of this network is track that two lines both list. It is counted once in the totals above, and in full under each line that runs through it, which is how the operators publish it.
km per 1,000 km²: 6.4#2 / 3km per million people: 110.6#1 / 3
Measured against 110,879 km² and 6,423,207 inhabitants (Jan 2026).
By category
Highways
659 km#2 / 3
building 15 km
planned 13 km
29 sections
Railways
52 km#3 / 3
building 3 km
14 sections
Network growth
Busiest decade: the 2010s, with 382 km opened.
| km | Highways | Railways | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 km | 10 km | 0 km |
| 1980s | 56 km | 56 km | 0 km |
| 1990s | 105 km | 98 km | 7 km |
| 2000s | 85 km | 74 km | 11 km |
| 2010s | 382 km | 360 km | 22 km |
| 2020s | 73 km | 61 km | 12 km |
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Mapped sections
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Delivery record
Cost and schedule outcomes for this country's sections, measured exactly as on the performance page.
- Median slip
- 0 mon=1
- On time
- 100%
- Median overrun
- +56.0%n=1
- Sections
- 43
Furthest behind schedule
Delivered on time or early
Largest cost overruns
- A3 Struma Motorway / Blagoevgrad – Krupnikлв186M → +56.0%
At or under budget
No section here came in at or under its estimate.
Openings timeline
Past openings
- Dec 13, 2025A2 Hemus Motorway / Dermantsi – Ugarchin5 km
- Oct 2025A2 Hemus Motorway / Boaza – Dermantsi10 km
- Feb 17, 2024A3 Struma Motorway / Blagoevgrad – Krupnik13 km
- Oct 2022A2 Hemus Motorway / Belokopitovo – Buhovtsi16 km
- Apr 24, 2021Sofia Metro Line M3 (Gorna Banya – Levski) / Stage 2: Zhitnitsa St – Ovcha Kupel – Ring Road (Krasno Selo – Gorna Banya)4 km
- Nov 2020A6 Europe Motorway / Dragoman – Slivnitsa17 km
- Aug 26, 2020Sofia Metro Line M3 (Gorna Banya – Levski) / Stage 1: Vladimir Vazov Blvd – city centre – Zhitnitsa St (Hadzhi Dimitar – Krasno Selo)8 km
- Oct 2019A2 Hemus Motorway / Yablanitsa – Boaza9 km
- Dec 17, 2018A3 Struma Motorway / Kresna – Sandanski18 km
- Jul 20, 2016Sofia Metro Line M2 (Obelya – Vitosha) / James Bourchier – Vitosha1 km
Projects in Bulgaria
10 projects
- Highways · Bulgaria
A1 Trakia Motorway
Opened289 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A2 Hemus Motorway
Opened115 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A3 Struma Motorway
OpenedUnder construction134 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A4 Maritsa Motorway
Opened108 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A5 Cherno More Motorway
Opened11 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A6 Europe Motorway
Under constructionOpened30 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Sofia Metro Line M1 (Slivnitsa – Business Park Sofia)
Opened19 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Sofia Metro Line M2 (Obelya – Vitosha)
Opened12 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Sofia Metro Line M3 (Gorna Banya – Levski)
OpenedUnder construction15 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Sofia Metro Line M4 (Obelya – Sofia Airport)
Opened24 km
Sources
- CIA World Factbook 2025 (final edition), Bulgaria, Geography: Area (total 110,879 sq km), via factbook.json
- Eurostat: Population change, demographic balance and crude rates at national level [demo_gind], population on 1 January
Sources for area and population only. Every project cites its own sources on its page.