February 2018

FINAL REPORTfrominvestigation of railway accident – fire outburst in electric locomotive Nr. 44134.2, having serviced fast train Nr. 8693 at Dimitrovgrad station on 12.10.2017

FINAL REPORT
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investigation of railway accident – fire outburst in electric locomotive Nr. 44134.2, having serviced fast train Nr. 8693 at Dimitrovgrad station on 12.10.2017

On October 12, 2017, electric locomotive № 44134.2 served fast train № 8693 in the composition of 4 wagons, 186 tons, on the route Sofia - Plovdiv - Burgas following the Schedule for the Movement of Trains. After its departure from Sofia station at 13:15, an indication of short-circuit to ground (mass) occurrence was activated in the locomotive. The locomotive brigade removed the visualization of the damage several times and signalled of the problem the Master at the Plovdiv depot.

MTITC presented to the European Commission the questions of Bulgarian municipalities for participation in the free wireless WiFi4EU initiative

In an online discussion with the European Commission, the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC) raised 25 questions about the participation of Bulgarian municipalities in the free wireless WiFi4EU initiative.