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Bulgaria
as of Oct 2026
- Total open
- 1,060 km#7 / 22
- Under construction
- 185 km#4 / 19
- Planned
- 594 km
- Projects
- 20
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: 9.6#9 / 22km per million people: 165.0#5 / 22
Measured against 110,879 km² and 6,423,207 inhabitants (Jan 2026).
By category
Highways
924 km#6 / 21
building 46 km
planned 466 km
66 sections
Railways
136 km#9 / 16
building 139 km
planned 129 km
31 sections
Network growth
Busiest decade: the 2010s, with 476 km opened.
| km | Highways | Railways | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34 km | 34 km | 0 km |
| 1980s | 187 km | 187 km | 0 km |
| 1990s | 60 km | 54 km | 7 km |
| 2000s | 135 km | 123 km | 11 km |
| 2010s | 476 km | 400 km | 76 km |
| 2020s | 169 km | 126 km | 42 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
- +17 mon=25
- On time
- 32%
- Median overrun
- –n=0
- Sections
- 97
Furthest behind schedule
Delivered on time or early
Largest cost overruns
No section here records both an estimate and a final cost.
At or under budget
No section here came in at or under its estimate.
Openings timeline
Past openings
- Aug 14, 2026Sofia Metro Line M3 (Gorna Banya – Levski) / Stage 3: Hadzhi Dimitar – Levski (Gen. Vladimir Vazov Blvd)3 km
- Dec 13, 2025A2 Hemus Motorway / Dermantsi – Ugarchin5 km
- Oct 2025A2 Hemus Motorway / Boaza – Dermantsi10 km
- Sep 14, 2025A6 Europe Motorway / Slivnitsa – Sofia17 km
- Jul 2025Montana – Botevgrad Expressway (I-1 / E79) / Mezdra – Lyutidol (Lot 2)13 km
- Mar 5, 2024Vidin – Montana Motorway / Makresh – Bela (Lot 2)14 km
- Feb 17, 2024A3 Struma Motorway / Blagoevgrad – Krupnik13 km
- Oct 2023A6 Europe Motorway / Kalotina – Dragoman15 km
- Apr 13, 2023Montana – Botevgrad Expressway (I-1 / E79) / Novachene – Skravena (Lot 1, opened part)8 km
- Oct 2022A2 Hemus Motorway / Belokopitovo – Buhovtsi16 km
Scheduled openings
- Dec 2026Plovdiv railway node modernisation / Plovdiv Central station and underpass0.4 km
- Dec 2026Plovdiv railway node modernisation / Plovdiv – Krumovo and Plovdiv – Skutare sections23 km
- Oct 23, 2027Ruse – Veliko Tarnovo Motorway / Byala bypass (Section 2)35 km
- Aug 7, 2028Ruse – Veliko Tarnovo Motorway / Ruse – Byala (Section 1)40 km
- Dec 2028Gyueshevo – North Macedonia border railway / Gyueshevo – border with North Macedonia2 km
- 2029A3 Struma Motorway / Krupnik – Kresna (Lot 3.2.1)13 km
- 2029Sofia – Plovdiv railway modernisation / Kostenets – Septemvri25 km
- Jun 2029Pernik – Radomir railway modernisation / Pernik – Radomir15 km
- Dec 2029A3 Struma Motorway / Krupnik – Kresna (Kresna Gorge Bypass)10 km
Projects in Bulgaria
20 projects
- Highways · Bulgaria
A1 Trakia Motorway
Opened355 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A2 Hemus Motorway
OpenedUnder constructionPlanned412 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A3 Struma Motorway
OpenedTenderedUnder construction166 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A4 Maritsa Motorway
Opened101 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A5 Cherno More Motorway
Opened11 km - Highways · Bulgaria
A6 Europe Motorway
Opened65 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Gyueshevo – North Macedonia border railway
Tendered2 km - Highways · Bulgaria
Montana – Botevgrad Expressway (I-1 / E79)
OpenedPlannedUnder construction99 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Pernik – Radomir railway modernisation
Tendered15 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Plovdiv – Burgas railway rehabilitation, Phase 2
OpenedUnder construction63 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Plovdiv railway node modernisation
Under construction23 km - Highways · Bulgaria
Ruse – Veliko Tarnovo Motorway
TenderedUnder constructionPlanned133 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Sofia – Dragoman railway modernisation
Under construction43 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Sofia – Plovdiv railway modernisation
Under constructionOpened152 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 construction21 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Sofia Metro Line M4 (Obelya – Sofia Airport)
Opened24 km - Highways · Bulgaria
Vidin – Montana Motorway
Under constructionOpenedTendered95 km - Railways · Bulgaria
Vidin – Sofia railway modernisation: Medkovets – Sratsimir
Tendered44 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.