Scenic route
Sofia–Vidin
Sofia → Vidin · Bulgaria
- Distance
- 266 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 16 min
- Average speed
- 51 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- BDŽ
- Train
- BDŽ InterCity
- Countries
- Bulgaria
- In service since
- 1923
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Up the Iskar gorge, which is the reason to take it: the river cuts a canyon north out of Sofia through Svoge and Lakatnik to Mezdra, then Vratsa and the plain to the Danube at Vidin.
How this line was checked
- Line traced onto the OpenStreetMap rail graph
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 7624
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