page_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Europe
section_title: Bulgaria
hierarchical_section_title: Narrow-gauge railways in Europe / Bulgaria
caption_attribution_description: Български: Влак по теснолинейката Септември-Добринище в междугарието Варвара-Долене, при тунел № 2. Вижда се първоначалния отвор на тунела. Заради земетресението от 1928 г. тунелът е прокопан отново. Вляво от железопътното трасе са второкласен път № 84 и Чепинска река.English: Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line and Road 84, Bulgaria
context_page_description: Europe inherited a diversity of rail gauges. Extensive narrow-gauge railway networks exist in Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe.
context_section_description: From the 19th into the early 20th there were many 600 mm (1 ft 11 ⁵⁄₈ in) and 760 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in) gauge railways in existence Bulgaria, some were dismantled and others were converted to standard gauge.
  The picturesque Septemvri–Dobrinishte narrow-gauge line is 125 km long and features 25 stations, 35 tunnels, many bridges, spiral loops. It is the only remaining 760 mm (2 ft 5 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in) gauge railway in Bulgaria.
caption: Septemvri–Dobrinishte narrow-gauge railway, Bulgaria
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