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The Septemvri–Dobrinishte narrow gauge line ((ブルガリア語:теснолинейка Септември — Добринище), ''tesnolineyka Septemvri — Dobrinishte'') is the only operating narrow gauge line in Bulgaria. It is operated by Bulgarian State Railways (BDŽ). The line is actively used with seven passenger trains running per day. The journey takes five hours through the valleys and gorges between Rila and Rhodopes. The route leads from Septemvri on the mainline Sofia – Plovdiv to Dobrinishte, passing Velingrad, Yakoruda, Razlog and Bansko, linking the western part of the Upper Thracian Plain with the Western Rhodopes, Rila and Pirin mountains. Due to the characteristics of the route through the mountains, the narrow gauge line Septemvri-Dobrinishte is also known as the Alpine railway in the Balkans. Avramovo station, situated at 1267 meters above the sea, is the highest station in the Balkans. The railway was built in several stages between 1921 and 1945 with total length of . The Varvara – Pazardzhik branch line, which was closed in 2002, was long. ==History== The idea for a railway, serving the Rhodope Mountains dating from 1915, when three possible paths are represented. In 1916 due to military reasons during WWI, the army wanted to link the town of Nevrokop (now Gotse Delchev) to the railway network and started surveying the first section from Sarambey (now Septemvri) to Ladzhene (now part of Velingrad). However, when the war ended, the work was stopped. In 1920, the surveying resumed, followed by construction in 1921. In the hard years after the war, the progress was poor, with work done primarily by hand. The track reached Ladzhene in 1926, and the section opened Aug 1, 1926 with three trains per week in each direction. The next short section to Chepino (now Velingrad south) was completed on June 3, 1927. When Sarambey became the starting point of the line, the population of Pazardzhik feared their town would be away from the traffic and requested a branch of the new railway, which was completed and opened on Oct 27, 1928. This path was chosen to be the main and the railway became Pazardzhik - Chepino with a branch from Varvara - Pazardzhik - Sarambey. This period is short and the section remains a branch until its closing in 2002. Now the track to Pazardzhik is removed. Construction of the hardest section Chepino - Yakoruda continues up to 1937, when on 12th Dec it is opened for temporary service. The final opening was Jul 30, 1939, together with the section Yakoruda - Belitsa. The final sections Belitsa - Bansko and Bansko - Dobrinishte are opened on Mar 3, 1943 and Dec 9, 1945, and the plan for railway to Gotse Delchev had been stopped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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