Bulgarian Railway Company A.D.

The Bulgarian Railway Company (BRC, Bulgarian: Българска железопътна компания АД, romanized: Bulgarska zhelezoputna kompaniya AD) is the first privately held railfreight company to obtain a license in Bulgaria.[1]

Control of BRC is shared by five Bulgarian companies and one Romanian company, Grup Feroviar Român Bucharest. BRC's chairman is Vladimir Dunchev, who was formerly the general director of the Bulgarian State Railway Company (BDZ).

On April 13, 2005, Bulgaria's transport ministry awarded the first private license to haul freight over the nation's rail network to the Bulgarian Railroad Company.

The BRC locomotive fleet includes class 87 locomotives exported from the UK.

Locomotive Fleet

BRC operate a fleet of second hand locomotives:

Class 40

Electric locomotives

40-0177-2
40-0817-3
40-1001-3
40-1013-8
40-1018-7
40-1019-5
40-1020-7
40-1022-9

Class 87

[2]

Formerly British Rail Class 87 electric locomotives

87 003 - 0
87 004 - 8
87 006 - 3
87 007 - 1
87 008 - 9
87 010 - 5
87 012 - 1
87 013 - 9
87 014 - 7
87 019 - 6
87 020 - 4
87 022 - 0
87 026 - 1
87 028 - 7
87 029 - 5
87 033 - 7
87 034 - 5

Class 60

Former Căile Ferate Române diesel locomotives

60 1522 - 6
60 1524 - 2

Class 52

52 - 240

References

Bulgarian News Network (April 13, 2005), Bulgaria Licenses Private Railroad Carrier. Retrieved April 13, 2005.

BRC. "Home Page". Retrieved 31 January 2010.

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[1] BRC. "Home Page". Retrieved 31 January 2010.