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REGION
HASKOVO
• Area Haskovo
• Area Svilengrad |
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HASKOVO
Location and transport accessibility:
Haskovo municipality is located in the central part of
Southern Bulgaria and occupies the most western part of
Haskovo county. It is located on a territory of 737
square meters, which is 13% of the territory of Haskovo
county. Its geographic location is extremely favourable
and important.
Haskovo municipality includes the town of Haskovo and 35
villages. It is a transport cross road between Europe,
the Near East and the Middle East, which is a good
prerequisite for an international commercial and
cultural exchange. The basic bus and railway connections
between the entrance and the exit boundary points in
Bulgaria, which determine to a great extent the
successful trade with Republic of Greece and Republic of
Turkey, are located in it.
Two railroad lines cross the territory of the
municipality: Sofia - Svilengrad / I railroad line
according to national standard / and Ruse - Podkova / IV
railroad line /. The traffic capacity of I railroad line
is 82 trains for a twenty-four-hour period and that of
the IV railroad line is 34 trains for the same period.
The extent of use of I railroad line is 45% and that of
²V - 55%. The total length of the railroad network
crossing Haskovo municipality is 38 km and its total
width is 430 mm. The density of the railroad network is
5.1 km/100 sq.km.
It’s a pity that the town of Haskovo is not connected
through direct railways with the major municipalities in
the country. The most convenient one is the railway
station of Stara Zagora, which is about 50km from
Haskovo.
The airlines of Haskovo airport are not functioning due
to the lack of sufficient volume of passenger and cargo
traffic.
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