.... and it's not the last narrow gauge in the balkans, the fact the train runs on Bosnian gauge gives you a hint as to the other country where they run. Then you have a couple of NG railways in Serbia.
There is nothing "Soviet" about that particular railway.. First and simple Bulgaria was never part of the Soviet Union and the railway was completed while Bulgaria was still a kingdom. Not every place and every building that look old in Bulgaria is from the communist times.
Thanks for your comment, I genuinely didn't know the railway was built while Bulgaria was still a kingdom. But you say Bulgaria was never part of the Soviet Union? Is that correct?
Claudio Silva Of course. It was part of the Axis during WW2 and after the war was over the country was given like a gift to Stalin by Churchill and Roosevelt. Soviet tanks occupied the capital and a communist regime was forcefully established. Like in East Germany and the Berlin wall. If anything Bulgaria was in war with the Soviet Union. Also you probably know that Bulgaria created the cyrillic alphabet hence it’s also a bit offensive for many locals to use russian words. Bulgaria was a kingdom for 70 years before it became a communist country which lasted for 44 years. Not to speak about all of the 900 years of ancient and medieval history (excluding the 500 years of Ottoman slavery).
Bulgaria is truly an amazing country full of history, interesting facts and things to visit. I'm enjoying a lot traveling through this lesser known places, outside of the touristic center of Sofia but, me being a foreigner, don't always get the facts right.
It's not Soviet! Bulgaria as a whole was not Soviet. Anyway, the trains were built in West Germany and later Romania. Why not change the title and be real?
