Private company

Bulgarian Railway Company A.D.

Freight railway company in Bulgaria founded in 20041

The Bulgarian Railway Company (BRC, Bulgarian: Българска железопътна компания АД, romanized: Bulgarska zhelezoputna kompaniya AD) is the first privately held railfreight company to obtain a license in Bulgaria. Control of BRC is shared by five Bulgarian companies and one Romanian company, Grup Feroviar Român Bucharest. BRC's chairman is Vladimir Dunchev, who was formerly the general director of the Bulgarian State Railway Company (BDZ).2 It is headquartered in Sofia.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1
87 013 Bulgaria
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Bulgarian Railway Company (BRC, Bulgarian: Българска железопътна компания АД, romanized: Bulgarska zhelezoputna kompaniya AD) is the first privately held railfreight company to obtain a license in Bulgaria.2

Products and brands

BRC operate a fleet of second hand locomotives:

Class 40

Electric locomotives

40-0177-2

40-0817-3

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40-1001-3

40-1013-8

40-1018-7

40-1019-5

40-1020-7

40-1022-9

Class 87

Formerly British Rail Class 87 electric locomotives

87 003 - 0

87 004 - 8

87 006 - 3

87 007 - 1

87 008 - 9

87 010 - 5

87 012 - 1

87 013 - 9

87 014 - 7

87 019 - 6

87 020 - 4

87 022 - 0

87 026 - 1

87 028 - 7

87 029 - 5

87 033 - 7

87 034 - 5

Class 60

Former Căile Ferate Române diesel locomotives

60 1522 - 6

60 1524 - 2

Class 52

52 - 240

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Timeline

  1. 2004Founded Founded1