By the end of 2020 the modernization of the 23-kilometer railway line between Sofia and Elin Pelinshould be completed, announced Veliko Zanchev, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications.

He added that more than BGN 130 million are invested, of which approximately BGN 115 million are provided by the Connecting Europe Facility.

It is then expected that trains along this route will run up to 160 km / h.