Sofia Central Station

The Sofia Central Railway Station is the main passenger railway station of , the capital of , as well as the largest railway station in the country.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: Main railway station in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Sofia”, “Sofia Terminal”, and “София”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Railway Station and Lions‘ Bridge.

Metro station
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The Metro station Central Railway serves Sofia Central Station on the Sofia Metro in . It opened on 31 August 2012. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov and the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money. is situated 180 metres south of Sofia Central Station.

Bridge
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Lions' Bridge is a bridge over the Vladaya River in the centre of , the capital of , built 1889–1891 by Czech architect Václav Prošek, his brother Jozef and his cousins Bohdan and Jiří. is situated 1 km south of Sofia Central Station.

Mosque
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is a Sunni Islamic in , . is situated 1½ km south of Sofia Central Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largo and Sofia.

Locality
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The is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism buildings around Independence Square in central , the capital of . It was designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre.

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is the capital and largest city of , with about 2 million citizens. It is a dynamic European capital, distinguished by its unique combination of European and communist-style architecture as well as many beautiful Orthodox churches, including the grand Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the medieval frescos of Boyana Church.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southeast of Sofia Central Station.

Sofia Central Station

Latitude
42.71223° or 42° 42′ 44″ north
Longitude
23.32077° or 23° 19′ 15″ east
Elevation
543 metres (1,781 feet)
Open location code
8GJ5P86C+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13254223964
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7909998
Wiki­data ID
Q2095010
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Sofia Central Station” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Железопътна гара София”
  • Bulgarian: “Жп гара София”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна гара София”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна железопътна гара София”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна железопътна гара”
  • Bulgarian: “Централната гара София”
  • Chinese: “索菲亚中央车站”
  • Chinese: “索菲亞中央車站”
  • Czech: “Sofia”
  • Czech: “Sofija”
  • Dutch: “Centraal station van Sofia”
  • Finnish: “Sofian päärautatieasema”
  • French: “gare centrale de Sofia”
  • French: “Gare centrale de Sofia”
  • French: “gare de Sofia”
  • French: “Sofia-centrale”
  • German: “Bahnhof Sofia Hbf”
  • German: “Bahnhof Sofia”
  • German: “Bf Sofia Hbf”
  • German: “Hauptbahnhof Sofia”
  • German: “Sofia Hauptbahnhof”
  • Hungarian: “Szófia központi pályaudvar”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Sofia Centrale”
  • Japanese: “ソフィア中央駅”
  • Lithuanian: “Sofijos centrinė geležinkelio stotis”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه مرکزی صوفیه”
  • Polish: “Sofia Centralna”
  • Romanian: “gara Centrală din Sofia”
  • Romanian: “Gara Centrală din Sofia”
  • Russian: “София-Центральная”
  • Russian: “Центральный вокзал”
  • Spanish: “Estacion Central de Sofia”
  • Spanish: “Estación Central de Sofía”
  • Turkish: “Sofya Garı”
  • Turkish: “Sofya Merkez Garı”
  • Ukrainian: “Софія-Центральна”
  • Urdu: “صوفیہ سینٹرل اسٹیشن”
  • Venetian: “stasion Sentrałe de Sofía”

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