Serbian Railways to Connect Belgrade to Istanbul in Turkey and Varna and Burgas in Bulgaria
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The direct train from Belgrade to Varna, Bulgaria’s second biggest city, will run between June 9 and September 7. It will leave Belgrade daily at 9:10pm and arrive in Varna at 5:55pm on the following day, according to the Serbian newspaper Danas. Second-class return tickets for the route cost 79.60 euro and 119.60 euro for first class.
Trains between Belgrade and Burgas, located on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea Coast, will operate between on Thursdays and Fridays between July 12 and August 28 and every day between August 29 and September. Trains will leave Serbia’s capital at 8:40am and arrive in Burgas at 6:05am on the following day. Return tickets cost 72.40 euro for second class and 108 euro for first class.
The trains to Turkey are daily, leaving Belgrade at 8:40am and arriving in Istanbul at 8:25am on the following day. Return tickets cost 88 euro for second class and 132 euro for fisrt class.
Travellers who wish to buy sleeping-cart tickets have to pay an additional fee: 6 and 9 euro for the second and first class tickets, respectively, to Varna and Burgas, while the charge for Istanbul is 9.40 and 14 euro for second and first class respectively.
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