Evening public delivery in Sofia stays unchanged for now –

Evening public delivery within the capital stays unchanged and the 4 traces will proceed to transport each evening. The proposal for the intense minimize of the routes and the times wherein the buses will transfer didn’t accumulate the desired majority of 31 votes within the Sofia Town Council (SOC) all over its grammer vote casting after the veto of Mayor Vasil Terziev.

On January 16, the SOC accredited the proposal of Vanya Grigorova from BSP and Carlos Contrera of VMRO two of the 4 public delivery traces to near, and those that stay will transfer simplest on Friday and Saturday. The drastic aid of the carrier used to be then accredited with the votes of GERB, BSP, ITN and Blue Sofia and municipal councilors with out teams.

On the other hand, Mayor Vasil Terisev returned the verdict of the municipalities to vote. Throughout the assembly on Thursday, the proposal didn’t accumulate the important majority to neither be rejected nor to be accredited, and so the Evening public delivery stays in its present shape for an unclear time.

Vanya Grigorova and Carlos Contrera’s confirmed used to be no longer re -accepted after he accrued 30 votes in prefer and 26 in opposition to the desired 31. The voices of Voislav Todorov and Diana Tonova from the BSP had been decisive, who supported the preservation of evening delivery.

“Nowadays, there used to be a re -viewing the proposal of Carlos Contrera and Vanya Grigorova. In step with the Native Govt Act, on the other hand, the verdict should be followed with a minimum of part of the votes of all municipal councilors – 31 votes. Accordingly the verdict used to be no longer re -adopted and the Evening City Delivery continues to paintings because it used to be ahead of the former resolution of January 16”defined the municipal councilor from “We proceed the change-democratic Bulgaria”/ “Save Sofia” Hristo Kopanarov.

The municipal councilors from PP-DB/ “Save Sofia” mentioned it used to be no longer transparent how lengthy it could proceed to paintings. They be expecting the report back to be submitted once more. After which Mayor Vasil Terziev can have the proper to go back the verdict to vote whether it is accredited.

“A unprecedented case wherein the arguments defeated the” financial “majority”mentioned the municipal councilor of PP-DB/”Save Sofia” Boris Bonev.

A operating team will search for a transportation answer in Sofia

The municipalities of PP-DB/”Save Sofia” urged {that a} operating team be arrange on the Deputy Mayor of Delivery, which might be led through professionals and inside two months to hunt a consensus answer for the issues of public delivery in Sofia and its optimization.

Throughout the assembly, Andrei Zografski defined that the crowd would come with municipal councilors from all events. GERB representatives agreed.

“Our objective is to have ideas for all public delivery inside two months, with our priorities for higher carrier and higher operating prerequisites for city delivery workers.”Save the chief of “Save Sofia” Boris Bonev to newshounds.

Two extra evening traces?

Previous to the beginning of the assembly through the PP-DB/ “Save Sofia”, they introduced that they might suggest a common replace in evening public delivery, which would come with two extra evening traces.

“We will be able to counsel evening delivery to have a complete of six traces, one for the airport, in addition to one 24-hour tram line, as a result of there’s no scarcity of drivers in electrical delivery. It is among the busiest lines-the N5 tram,” Andrey Zografski mentioned.

Ivan Kirilov of the BSP criticized the proposal and mentioned they had been presented through “incompetent folks and” delivery theorists “.

“We’ve heard an offer to make use of a tram line at evening, it appears the municipal councilors who be offering it have no idea that at evening the prevention and rehabilitation of electrical delivery is being made”Kirilov defined.

For his phase, Carlos Contrera of VMRO mentioned all over a briefing that during September 2023 he presented an extra line on the X84 airport to make a snappy connection between the station and the airport. In step with him, on the other hand, the proposal didn’t happen within the present municipal council as a result of the advisers from PP-DB/”Save Sofia”.

Contrera defined that to begin with his thought used to be to make the bus simplest all over the day, and after research it could grow to be an evening line.

Evening delivery to the airport may be one of the most calls for of just about 11,000 Sofia citizens who’ve signed a petition for the preservation of evening public delivery within the capital.

Protest and “hole voices”

Previous to the SOC listening to, there used to be a small civil protest in opposition to the intense minimize of evening traces, and the organizers of the petition had been additionally invited to the corridor ahead of the vote.


Protesters for the preservation of all nights of the Evening City Delivery in Sofia, SN. BGNES

“The aim of the petition is to turn and offer protection to the citizenship of Sofia electorate. We need to display the opinion of the electorate as a result of some municipal councilors overlook them. We need to display that electorate can categorical their opinion and succeed in the municipal councilors” “one of the most organizers of the subscription Panayot Zhelyazkov commented to Mediapool.

In step with him, lots of the members in it are younger folks. What surprises him are the various positions of women and girls who point out that they don’t really feel protected the usage of charges and like a mild evening delivery.


Protesters’ message to the municipal councilors, SH. Mediapool

Greater than 3,000 folks have expressed positions and feedback, with their primary arguments being the protection, the price range selection and the will for the Eu capital to have evening delivery.

Mins ahead of the beginning of the assembly, Zhelyazkov and two different protesters had been invited to make a temporary commentary and input the corridor ahead of the vote. There, on the other hand, they went into the quarrels with Vanya Grigorova of the BSP, which demanded the closure of evening buses. She known as them “boys”, “Fuklevtsi” and “hole votes” and invited them to paintings within the cars to look the motive force’s load individually.


Municipal councilor Vanya Grigorova has gotten into a significant dispute with one of the crucial protesters, CH. BGNES

The issue is within the absence of group of workers

In a while after those occasions, Grigorova gave a briefing and defined that those “11,000 signatures are hole” as a result of all evening traces are used simplest through 800 folks and at the height days – Friday and Saturday. “

“I attempted to speak to the folks within the entrance, however they don’t need to pay attention the details. Evening delivery is presented with a accrued subscription of 35 thousand folks, and all traces are utilized by a most of 800 folks. Throughout the remainder of the time the evening traces are utilized by 350 folks for 4 traces in a single day“she mentioned.

In step with her, protecting city delivery can be on the expense of daylight hours traces, that are way more busy. Grigorova argues with tiredness within the guides, the loss of sufficient group of workers and the loss of excellent operating prerequisites to draw new guides.

Throughout the Sofia Delivery Fee on Monday, drivers complained in regards to the accrued fatigue of the final touch, which they carried out through 11:00/12: 00 hours after their evening shifts. They mentioned they weren’t in opposition to evening delivery, however there have been sufficient drivers.

“It’s insufficient for the verdict to keep the inefficient a part of the evening public delivery, so my proposal is to forestall two of the traces and two to proceed transferring. We exchange the arguments with the bouncing of 15 folks in entrance of the municipality and to the published of the run.mentioned Grigorova.

Previous to the assembly, the GERB municipal councilors mentioned that they weren’t in opposition to the evening public delivery like Eu international locations, however the issues of the day by day traces and the loss of exertions will have to first be solved.

In step with Ivan Kirilov of the BSP, 300 extra drivers are wanted to verify the wishes of motor cars.

Over time, evening buses in Sofia have stopped, they have got been going. They had been returned on the finish of 2023 after being stopped in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Up to now, evening delivery existed two years – from 2018 to 2020.


On the time, it used to be the second one try at evening buses after the mayoral time period of Boyko Borisov. Then delivery at evening used to be launched at the eve of the Euro elections in 2009 and used to be stopped a bit of later because of losses.

Who’re the evening traces:

  • Line n1 from “Mladost” to “Lyulin” and again
  • Line n2 from “Obelya” to “Scholar Town” and again
  • Line N3 from “Levski D” to “Ovcha Kupel” and again
  • Line n4 from “Druzhba 2” to “Gotse Delchev” and again

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