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The Tsentara Terminal
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus terminal in the city’s central area, near the main railroad station.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Zheleznicharska Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A one-way trolleybus loop around a city block in the central area of town.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Otets Paisiy Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Otets Paisiy Ulitsa / Minyor Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A one-way trolleybus loop around a city block in the central area of town.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Minyor Ulitsa / Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
At the base of a trolleybus terminal loop around a city block in the central area of town.
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
At the base of a trolleybus terminal loop around a city block in the central area of town.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Georgi S. Rakovski Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Sveti Sveti Kiril i Metodiy Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Sveti Sveti Kiril i Metodiy Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Sveti Sveti Kiril i Metodiy Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Sveti Sveti Kiril i Metodiy Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Sveti Sveti Kiril i Metodiy Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin / Sveti Sveti Kiril i Metodiy Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
ZiU-682V
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
ZiU-682V
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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The Tsentara Terminal
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
At the time of this photo Pernik was the last city in Bulgaria to operate Bulgarian-Romanian DAC-Chavdar trolleybuses from the 1980s.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Tsentara Terminal
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
An interior of a Bulgarian-Romanian DAC-Chavdar trolleybus.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Tsentara Terminal
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
An interior of a Bulgarian-Romanian DAC-Chavdar trolleybus.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Tsentara Terminal
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
A Bulgarian-Romanian DAC-Chavdar trolleybus from the 1980s.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin / Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus junction between the main west - east line and a branch to the neighborhood of Teva.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin / Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus junction between the main west - east line and a branch to the neighborhood of Teva.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
The line to Teva is the latest addition to the network, opened in 1991. The city's main semi-defunct steel mill combine is in the background.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A miniature mountain pass and a village at the midpoint of the line to Teva.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus climbing up a hill toward the neighborhood of Teva.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus leaves the hilly neighborhood of Teva.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Osvobozhdenie Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Zh.K. Teva Terminal
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Zh.K. Teva Terminal
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
ZiU-682V
Pernik's trolleybus network main objective is to connect the “old” Pernik with a satellite development of apartment blocks built some distance away next to the steelworks.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
A Romanian-Bulgarian-built trolleybus at a junction with the line to the steelworks. At the time of this photo the latter line was defunct and detached from the rest of the network.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Blagoy Gebrev Ulitsa / Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
A partially dismantled trolleybus junction between the main west - east line and the line to the steelworks. At the time of this photo the latter line was defunct and detached from the rest of the network. The line will be rebuilt and reopened about 3 months later.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Blagoy Gebrev Ulitsa
The line to the steelworks, defunct at the time of this photo. The line will be reopened and Lines 15, 17 will be reinstated about 3 months later.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Blagoy Gebrev Ulitsa
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Blagoy Gebrev Ulitsa
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Blagoy Gebrev Ulitsa
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Blagoy Gebrev Ulitsa / Leninski Prospekt
The line to the steelworks, unused at the time of this photo. The line will be reopened 3 months later. Remains of the former direct connection to the main west - east line via Leninski Prospekt is visible in the background. It was last used in service in 1996.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Leninski Prospekt
The line to the steelworks, unused at the time of this photo. Trolleybuses were substituted with buses that ran on extended headways. Hence, pictured steelwork's workers prefer walking home after the shift. The line will be reopened and trolleybus services 15, 17 will be reinstated about 3 months later.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Metal Terminal Loop
A loop at the steelworks.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Metal Terminal
A terminal at the steelworks.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin / Leninski Prospekt
A former trolleybus junction at the main west - east line and the dismantled direct connection to the steelworks via Leninski Prospekt, last used in service in 1996. The remaining trolleybus access to the steelworks is via Blagoy Gerbev Ulitsa, which constitutes a considerable detour, but provides better trolleybus coverage for the neighborhood.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Leninski Prospekt
Remains of the former direct trolleybus connection between the main west - east line and the steelworks via Leninski Prospekt, last used in service in 1996.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Rashko Dimitrov Ulitsa
An unfinished trolleybus line via Rashko Dimitrov Ulitsa. The construction started in the late 1980s, but was never finished due to the collapse of the socialist People's Republic of Bulgaria.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Buchinski Pat Ulitsa
An unfinished trolleybus line via Buchinski Pat Ulitsa. This segment was to become a non-revenue depot access line to the Mosta Terminal, located around the corner. The bus in the background serves the Line 16 that was to be converted to trolleybus service.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin / Buchinski Pat Ulitsa
An unfinished trolleybus junction between the main west - east line and the never-completed line via Buchinski Pat Ulitsa.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Vladaysko Vastanie Ulitsa / Bulvar Yuriy Gagarin
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Vladaysko Vastanie Ulitsa / Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
The overhead is in dare state of disrepair. Switches a passed at 2 km/h, nevertheless dewirements are practically imminent.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Vladaysko Vastanie Ulitsa / Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A patched up Russian trolleybus.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Vladaysko Vastanie Ulitsa / Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus next to abandoned Pektin factory.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa, the Tsentara na Zh.K. Tsarkva Stop
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
At the time of this photo Line 20 was the main west - east service. Despite a number of opportunities for a short turn, all trolleybuses ran the complete route on the same short headway, thus, creating a clear loading imbalance: near capacity loads through apartment block developments vs. empty runs in the village-like Tsentara neighborhood in the east.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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29.06.2011
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Kostj Kozlov
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR; ZiU-682V
At the time of this photo there was a notable excess of rolling stock. Most trolleybuses operated during am or during pm hours only, with a complete fleet change over in the afternoon. Pictured trolleybuses complete depot pull out and pull in runs, thus increasing mid-afternoon service in the sleepy village-like neighborhood of Tsentara two-fold. A driver of the DAC-Chavdar trolleybuses pulls up to his house for a quick stopover, while the driver of the ZiU trolleybus is forced to manually remove poles from the overhead in order to pass.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Kralevski Pat Terminal
DAC-Chavdar 317ETR
An outer terminal in the village of Tsentara. The steel mill combine is visible in the background.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Kralevski Pat Terminal
ZiU-682V
An obligatory maintenance at terminals.
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08.05.2012
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Yury Maller
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Vladaysko Vastanie Ulitsa / Dimitar Blagoev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus on a short non-revenue segment during a depot pull out run.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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Petar Penchev Ulitsa
ZiU-682V
A trolleybus leaves the Depot for a pm shift.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Depot
ZiU-682V
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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The Depot
ZiU-682V
All Bulgarian public transport depots are traditionally equipped with spotlight towers. Most of these do not operate, replaced with packs of semi-homeless depot dogs.
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08.19.2012
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Yury Maller
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