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Public transport in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 3 public transport operators, 70.8M km of scheduled service a year, 1,000 major stations and 791 tender notices — per region and operator.

Operators
3
Vehicle-km / year
≈ 70.8M km
Vehicles (peak)
≈ 703
Trips / week
113K
Stations*
1,000
Tender notices
791
Open procedures
321
Value (€)
€4.5B
Vehicle-km per inhabitant
–
Not ranked: partial timetables

Estimates from the scheduled timetables (one representative week per feed). *Stations with a page of their own. Methodology →

Bulgaria over time

8 snapshots · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026

70.8M km ↓ ±0% since Oct 2025
46.5M km93M kmOct 2025Oct 20262026

Vehicle-km over 12 months: ±0% since Oct 2025. All countries →

The largest operators

Map →

Vehicle-km / year

  1. 1 Център за градска мобилност 67.4M km
  2. 2 1 2.9M km
  3. 3 Aytos Avtotransport LTD 588.5K km

Share of vehicle-km

100% Top 5 operators
Център за градска мобилност 67.4M km 95% 1 2.9M km 4% Aytos Avtotransport LTD 588.5K km 0.8%

Routes by mode

264 routes

Regions

NUTS-3 regions by the service run inside them.

  1. Sofia (stolitsa) Operators 2 67M km
  2. Pleven Operators 1 2.9M km
  3. Burgas Operators 1 588.5K km
  4. Sofia Operators 2 253.8K km
  5. Pernik Operators 1 118.2K km
  6. Ruse Operators 1 14K km
  7. Haskovo Operators 1 10.9K km
  8. Vidin Operators 1 10K km
  9. Plovdiv Operators 1 8,095 km
  10. Pazardzhik Operators 1 5,465 km
  11. Blagoevgrad Operators 0 0 km
  12. Dobrich Operators 0 0 km
  13. Gabrovo Operators 0 0 km
  14. Kardzhali Operators 0 0 km
  15. Kyustendil Operators 0 0 km
All regions →

Busiest stations

By scheduled departures per day.

  1. ХОТЕЛ ПЛИСКА 2,071 departures/day
  2. УЛ. ГЕН. ГУРКО 1,892 departures/day
  3. ПЛ. ЛЪВОВ МОСТ 1,701 departures/day
  4. БУЛ. АКАД. ИВ. ГЕШОВ 1,614 departures/day
  5. ПЛ. МАКЕДОНИЯ 1,592 departures/day
  6. Ж.к. Хиподрума 1,456 departures/day
  7. ПЛОЩАД НА АВИАЦИЯТА 1,386 departures/day
  8. УЛ. КОСТЕНСКИ ВОДОПАД 1,327 departures/day
  9. УМБАЛ СВ. АННА 1,326 departures/day
  10. УЛ. ПИРОТСКА 1,291 departures/day
  11. УАСГ 1,289 departures/day
  12. МЕТРОСТАНЦИЯ ВИТОША 1,281 departures/day
  13. ПЛ. ОРЛОВ МОСТ 1,263 departures/day
  14. УЛ. ОПЪЛЧЕНСКА 1,239 departures/day
  15. БУЛ. ПРАГА 1,220 departures/day

Tender market

Tenders in Bulgaria → On the map →

By stage

791 Tender notices

By service type

  1. Scheduled public transport 426
  2. School transport 310
  3. Other 31
  4. Demand-responsive 14
  5. Rail 10

Most active contracting authorities

  1. 1 ОБЩИНА ТЕРВЕЛ 48
  2. 2 ОБЩИНА ВЕЛИКО ТЪРНОВО 34
  3. 3 ОБЩИНА АРДИНО 28
  4. 4 ОБЩИНА МОНТАНА 20
  5. 5 ОБЩИНА НОВИ ПАЗАР 20
  6. 6 ОБЩИНА ПОМОРИЕ 19
  7. 7 ОБЩИНА СИЛИСТРА 19
  8. 8 ОБЩИНА КАРНОБАТ 17
  9. 9 ОБЩИНА ПЛЕВЕН 15
  10. 10 СУХОПЪТНИ ВОЙСКИ - ВОЕННО ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ 22450 14
  11. 11 Военновъздушни сили 14
  12. 12 ОБЩИНА КИРКОВО 14

How we calculate
Operators Unit: operators · counted
Transport companies as their timetable names them (GTFS agency). The same operator in several feeds is counted once; in Germany the company that actually runs each line. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km / year Unit: km per year · estimate
For every trip: route length (along the published route shape; without one, the straight line between its stops × 1.25) × the days it runs in the representative week, × 365.25 / 7. Only scheduled service — no empty or depot runs, no demand-responsive services. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicles (peak) Unit: vehicles · estimate
The highest number of trips running at the same moment in the representative week — a lower bound: reserve and workshop vehicles are not included. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Trips / week Unit: trips per week · counted
All scheduled trips in the representative week; trips given as a frequency (every 10 minutes) are expanded into single trips. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Stations* Unit: stations · counted
Stations with a page of their own: at least 250 scheduled departures a day, or among a country's busiest 1,000 with at least 30. Capped per country, so not comparable between countries. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km per inhabitant Unit: km per inhabitant and year · estimate
Vehicle-km per year of all operators in the country ÷ its population. Only countries whose timetables cover the whole country; the figure for all countries together is their vehicle-km ÷ their population. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed; Eurostat, population on 1 January 2025
Tender notices Unit: notices · counted
Every published notice counts once: prior information, call for tenders or award notice. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Open procedures Unit: notices · as published
Prior information notices and calls for tenders — notices that do not announce an award. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Value (€) Unit: € · as published
Sum of the contract values stated in the notices, in euro only; other currencies are neither converted nor added. Many notices state no value, so the sum is a lower bound. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal

Methodology & limits →