Kulata railway station гара Кулата | |||||||||||
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![]() The station, May 2016 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 2865
Kulata,
Bulgaria Bulgaria | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°23′29″N 23°21′42″E / 41.391371°N 23.361692°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | NRIC [1] | ||||||||||
Line(s) |
Strymon-Kulata railway
[2] (
Greece) Railway Line 5 ( Bulgaria) | ||||||||||
Platforms | (2 island platforms, 1 side platform) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Electrified | No | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Kulatа railway station ( Bulgarian: гара Кулата) is a railway station [3] in the border village of Kulata, Petrich municipality, Blagoevgrad region, Bulgaria. It is a railway border checkpoint (connecting to the Greek station Promachon, and from there to Komotini and Thessaloniki) located 1.5 km from the border with Greece. [4]
In 2015 a train to Kulata was delayed due to a bomb scare. [5]
Although it is an extreme border station, [6] the station is served daily by passenger trains to the cities of Sandanski, Dupnitsa, Petrich, [7] Blagoevgrad and Sofia, [8] including the international direction Sofia-Thessalonica-Sofia, which has been resumed since May 2014, after nearly 3 year suspension.
Kulata railway station гара Кулата | |||||||||||
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![]() The station, May 2016 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 2865
Kulata,
Bulgaria Bulgaria | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°23′29″N 23°21′42″E / 41.391371°N 23.361692°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | NRIC [1] | ||||||||||
Line(s) |
Strymon-Kulata railway
[2] (
Greece) Railway Line 5 ( Bulgaria) | ||||||||||
Platforms | (2 island platforms, 1 side platform) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Electrified | No | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Kulatа railway station ( Bulgarian: гара Кулата) is a railway station [3] in the border village of Kulata, Petrich municipality, Blagoevgrad region, Bulgaria. It is a railway border checkpoint (connecting to the Greek station Promachon, and from there to Komotini and Thessaloniki) located 1.5 km from the border with Greece. [4]
In 2015 a train to Kulata was delayed due to a bomb scare. [5]
Although it is an extreme border station, [6] the station is served daily by passenger trains to the cities of Sandanski, Dupnitsa, Petrich, [7] Blagoevgrad and Sofia, [8] including the international direction Sofia-Thessalonica-Sofia, which has been resumed since May 2014, after nearly 3 year suspension.