Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications

Around 9:00 a. m. on 13.10.2015, the locomotive crew of fast train No. 1621 noticed a smoke in the engine compartment of the locomotive while moving along track No. 1 from Sofia to Plovdiv in the section between Elin Pelin and Vakarel stations. The crew members took immediate action to put down the smoke and managed to extinguish the raising fire with the locomotive fire extinguishing installation and the portable fire-extinguishers available.

At around 9:47 p. m. on 09.08.2015 while implementing a shunt for attaching to the composition of the International fast train No. 493 traveling in Sofia-Plovdiv-Istanbul direction, the diesel locomotive No. 07-032 collided with the only wagon of the train at a speed of approximately 18 km per hour on the fifth track of Plovdiv station. The wagon was moved 7 meters as result of the collision.

In result of the collision, one passenger was seriously injured and another eight received light traumas.

It was inflicted a light damage to the only wagon of the train.

Passengers were served by bus from Plovdiv to Istanbul.

While entering Stryama station, the train No 30111, which was moving along Sofia - Karlovo direction composed of an electrical locomotive and two passenger cars, derailed with all the bogies of the locomotive and the first car and with the first bogie of the second car at the rail switch No 2 of the station at 09:08 hrs. on 01.02.2015.

The accident did not result in any casualties or wounded persons. Damages were caused to the RS and the infrastructure.

The movement of the trains was reestablished at 00:50 hrs. on 02.02.2015.