Svilengrad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDŽ inter-city rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The front entrance of the station building. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kap. Petko Voyvoda 6500 Svilengrad Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°27′45″N 26°05′02″E / 41.4624°N 26.0839°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bulgarian State Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad Pehlivanköy–Svilengrad Kalotina–Svilengrad | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (2 island platforms, 1 side platform) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Svilengrad Location within Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Svilengrad railway station is the last station before the Bulgaria/Turkey and Bulgaria/Greece border. The station was built in 1874 by the Chemins de fer Orientaux as part of the Istanbul–Vienna railway. Regional trains to Dimitrovgrad as well as the Bosphorus Express to Bucharest and the Balkans Express to Belgrade via Sofia, both from Istanbul service the station.
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