10 july 2008 - Sofia, Kliment Ohridski Blvd. One of all three Citos from Graz that came earlier this year to Sofia. It runs on suburban tourist lines towards Vitosha mountain.
1982 - Sofia, Lenin Sqr. (today Sv. Nedelya). “Sofia 70” – a legendary three-section Bulgarian tram on one of Sofia central squares. Building of this tram model (181 units) began in 1970 and continued till the late 70s. Its design, most probably inspired by Tatra T3/T4, was firstly introduced in 1965, when the two-section tram “Sofia” (or “Sofia 65”) came out the tram factory named also “Sofia”. In fact “Sofia 65” was inherited by “Sofia 100”, and “Sofia 70” by “Bulgaria 1300” – the main difference between the two generations was the design. The last “Sofia 70s” were scrapped in 2003. Only one (#174) was preserved as a historical tram, but no care for its conservation was taken, and now it is in a very bad condition. These trams were real symbols of our capital for decades. The tram track on the photo doesn’t exist any more too. Until the mid 80s it surrounded the eastern side of the church Sv. Nedelya, but then they moved it by the western one, as they made a pedestrian zone on the old place. The operator is not SKGT, but its predecessor – Stopanska direkcia “Gradski transport” :) The photo is from an old issue of the women magazine “Zhenata dnes”. PS it would be great if somebody add these tram types in the main menu (София and София 70).
13 may 2008 - Sofia, Sv. Georgi Novi Sofiyski Blvd. The first of all three experiments of Tramcar plant in Sofia using a Turkish bus body. 2003 and 2004 are partially with low floor.
13 may 2008 - Sofia, Mihai Eminescu Blvd. The Heuliez buses are among the oldest buses in Sofia. Most of them have being running as second-hand vehicles in Sofia longer than as new buses in France.
30 april 2008 - Sofia, Dragan Tsankov Blvd. An old Mercedes is running along the new track of Sofia Underground (still in construction). This track was originally planned for a high-speed tram in the 80s, while the underground was planned to run under Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd. But in the 90s they decided to use the high-speed-tram track for the underground.
25 april 2008 - Sofia, Ruski Pametnik Sqr. The first (of all 18 units) tram modernized by Inekon Group - Czech Republic. Till 2006 it was an ordinary T6M-700, but then a new low-floor middle section was added, new engine and so on. In fact only the "skeleton" remained from the original T6M-700 ;) ... But it is not hard to feel the spirit of the old Bulgarian trams.
24 october 2007 - Sofia. Jedyny dwukierunkowiec na wąskim torze, jakiego widziałem. Konstrukcja bardzo przypomina KT8. Z oznaczeniem typu trochę zgadywałem.
3 march 2008 - Sofia, Sv. Al. Nevski sqr. One of the national television's special buses for live broadcasting. The bus has KamAZ chassis and Finnish body Ajokki.
3 march 2008 - Sofia, Sv. Alexandar Nevski sqr. Bulgaria's National Day. We are celebrating the 130th anniversary of rebirth of Bulgarian state after 5 centuries of Ottoman rule (1878). This bus has special appliances for control of the loudspeakers . Next to it a group of soldiers is preparing to take part in the military rituals.
24 october 2007 - Sofia, 11 zbliża się do przystanku węzłowego "Triugolnika". Pamiętam z dzieciństwa, z czasów przeglądania Taty map, że fascynował mnie ten odcinek wyglądający na szybki tramwaj.