On 1st July 2010 year , a famous train with name "Balkan Express" start a trial trip over several countries on the Balkan peninsula.The train will visit Bulgaria , Romania , Republic of Serbia , Hungary , Croatia , Bosnia and Hercegovina , Republic of Kosovo , Macedonia , Greece and came back to Turkey on 19th July.The initiative and enterprise is owned by Turkish TV and Radio TRT.net and supported by TCDD ( Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari / Turkish Railways ). TRT will broadcasting a transmissions from railway stations in the towns , included in the trip every day from 12:00 and 13:00 PM.The composition includes a several cars - generator , sleeping cars , one second class salon car "Pullman" type , conference car and resaturant , all of them designed by TUVASAS.Back to the train is included a freight platform car with a Bus over it , who is owned by the TRT. The destinations of the train are following:
1. Istanbul Sirkeci - Edirne - Kapicule - Svilengrad - Dimitrovgrad - Plovdiv.
2. Plovdiv - Sofia - Gorna Oriahovitsa - Ruse - Giurgiu Nord - Bucuresti Nord - Medgidia - Mangalia - Constanta.
3. Constanta - Bucuresti Nord - Craiova - Timisoara - Beograd.
4. Beograd - Novi Sad - Subotica - Budapest Keleti.
5. Budapest Keleti - Zagreb Gl.Kol. - Sarajevo - Mostar - Pristina - Prizren - Tetovo - Skopje - Bitola - Gevgelia - Idomeni - Thessaloniki.
5. Thessaloniki - Xanti - Komotini - Alexandroupolis - Pythion - Uzunkopru - Pehlivankyou - Alpullu - Istanbul Sirkeci.

On these photos taken on 3rd July 2010 year , you can see the TCDD cars , standing on central railway station Plovdiv and waiting their way towards Sofia.

Digital photo Veselin Malinov , e-mail: malinov.veselin99@gmail.com Website: http://nightphotos.fotopic.net/