Balgarianovinite.com The new building of Sofia’s central coach station officially opened on June 8, 2004. Built on a 7,500-square-meter site, the facility was designed to meet modern European standards. Construction started in July 2003 and was completed in 11 months. The nearly BGN 15 million project was funded through a public-private partnership. The station has 50 terminals for simultaneous servicing of coaches and another 10 terminals for busy times.
Following is the BTA English Language Service’s report on June 8, 2004:
President Purvanov Opens Central Coach Station in Sofia
Sofia, June 8 (BTA) – Sofia’s central coach station meets all European standards; it is symbolic that its opening coincides with the completion of Bulgaria’s talks on EU accession, President Georgi Purvanov said at the official opening ceremony on Tuesday evening.
Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Nikolai Vassilev described the new facility as the “queen of coach stations”. A total of 2,500 companies have obtained licenses to perform coach services in Bulgaria and 370 for services to foreign destinations. They have more than 14,000 coaches. 1,089 buses to various parts of this country leave from Sofia each day and 80 for foreign destinations.
The new coach station is built on an area of 7,500 square meters. The project started in July 2003 and the construction was completed for 11 months.
The facility has 50 terminals for simultaneous servicing of coaches and another 10 terminals for busy times. The cash and information desks work non-stop. Payments can be done by debit cards. ATMs are at hand too. By the end of the year it will be possible to buy tickets on-line.
The building has non-stop surveillance by CCTV and armed security. It also is equipped to service disabled people, has a special waiting room for mothers with small children, kept luggage service and a packing service.
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