Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at first reading amendments to the Public Transport Act aimed at integrating passenger transport services across all modes of transport in the country. The draft legislation provides for the creation of a National System for a Unified Transport Document, which will form part of the Intelligent Public Transport Management System. The system is being developed under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, which envisages the adoption of a new legislative framework introducing a unified National Transport Scheme and a single transport document (the so-called Single Ticket).
The bill was supported by 127 MPs from GERB-UDF, Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria, MRF – New Beginning, BSP – United Left, There Is Such a People, Alliance for Rights and Freedoms and three independent MPs. Vazrazhdane voted against the proposal, arguing that the bill poses risks for smaller transport operators. MPs from Morality, Unity, Honour and Velichie, along with one independent lawmaker, abstained. Parliament also decided to shorten the period for proposals between the first and second readings to three days.
Under the bill, the Minister of Transport and Communications will approve the National Transport Scheme, which will include coordinated timetables for regular passenger services by rail, road, air, inland waterways and maritime cabotage. Train timetables in the national scheme will serve as the basis for planning and drafting regional, intermunicipal and municipal transport schemes. The National Transport Scheme will be updated annually.
The draft law also provides that when public service obligations are assigned for passenger transport, whether by rail, road, inland waterways, maritime cabotage, air transport or demand-responsive services, key performance indicators must be set. These include punctuality, service regularity, accessibility for persons with disabilities and reduced mobility, cleanliness, passenger satisfaction, accidents and incidents, energy efficiency, carbon emissions, and complaints.
The performance indicators will be included in contracts for public passenger transport services. Contracting authorities will apply a bonus-malus system to measure performance and adjust the level of reasonable profit, which the bill specifies should range between 5% and 10%. Parliament Backs Bill to Integrate Public Transport and Introduce National ‘Single Ticket’ System 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-12 12:12:59 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law