List of tunnels in Bulgaria

This article lists tunnels in Bulgaria by type. The longest railway tunnel is Koznitsa, at 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi), and the longest road tunnel is Vitinya, at 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi).

The twin tubes of the Echemishka tunnel.

Railway tunnels

The following is a list of the railway tunnels in Bulgaria longer than 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi). It does not include planned, abandoned, or unfinished tunnels. The tunnels of the Sofia Metro are not included either.

Tunnel	Length (m)[1]	Date of opening	Coordinates
Tunnel #1 on the line from Sofia to Mezdra, north of Kurilo	506	1962[2]	42.85631°N 23.36974°E / 42.85631; 23.36974
Galabets tunnel, on the Sofia-Karlovo line	3,030	1951	42.720556°N 23.896944°E / 42.720556; 23.896944
Koznitsa tunnel, on the Sofia-Karlovo line	5,810	1951	42.698333°N 24.381944°E / 42.698333; 24.381944
Tunnel #9 on the Sofia–Karlovo line, above Klisura	1,850	1950	42.70377°N 24.45637°E / 42.70377; 24.45637
Tunnel #10 on the Sofia–Karlovo line, near Klisura	575	1950	42.69580°N 24.44664°E / 42.69580; 24.44664
Tunnel #13 on the Sofia–Karlovo line, near Klisura	568	1948	42.68730°N 24.44979°E / 42.68730; 24.44979
Tunnel #10 on the Ruse–Stara Zagora line, near Radevtsi	540	1913	42.80481°N 25.50775°E / 42.80481; 25.50775
Tunnel #11 on the Ruse–Stara Zagora line, near Radevtsi	764	1913	42.78909°N 25.52183°E / 42.78909; 25.52183
Tunnel #12 on the Ruse–Stara Zagora line, near Bazovets	607	1913	42.78794°N 25.54317°E / 42.78794; 25.54317
Tunnel #19 on the Ruse–Stara Zagora line, near Krastets	670	1913	42.77396°N 25.55405°E / 42.77396; 25.55405
Tunnel #23 on the Ruse–Stara Zagora line, near Raduntsi	1,100	1911	42.68251°N 25.60427°E / 42.68251; 25.60427
Tunnel #24 on the Ruse–Stara Zagora line, near Raduntsi	808	1911	42.67809°N 25.59003°E / 42.67809; 25.59003
Tunnel #25 on the Ruse–Stara Zagora line, near Raduntsi	670	1911	42.67511°N 25.58688°E / 42.67511; 25.58688
Tunnel #1 on the Haskovo–Kardzhali line, near Most	1,120	1930	41.73218°N 25.53153°E / 41.73218; 25.53153
Tunnel #14 on the Sofia-Kulata line, in the Kresna Gorge	529	1943	41.79415°N 23.16187°E / 41.79415; 23.16187
Tunnel #21 on the Sofia-Kulata line, near Damyanitsa	560	1943	41.46505°N 23.27097°E / 41.46505; 23.27097
Tunnel #3 on the Voluyak–Pernik line, near Raduy	1,390	1950	42.72098°N 23.02605°E / 42.72098; 23.02605

Road tunnels

The following is a list of the road tunnels with a length of 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) or over. It does not include tunnels under construction.

Tunnel	Length (m)	Date of opening	Coordinates
Vitinya (on Hemus motorway below Vitinya Pass)[3]	1,195	1984	42.781139°N 23.797556°E / 42.781139; 23.797556
Topli Dol (on Hemus motorway near Botevgrad)	883	1980s	42.83773°N 23.79667°E / 42.83773; 23.79667
Echemishka (on Hemus motorway near Botevgrad)	775	1980s	42.85631°N 23.79079°E / 42.85631; 23.79079
Praveshki Hanove (on Hemus motorway near Pravets)	871	1999	42.91528°N 23.91496°E / 42.91528; 23.91496
Trayanovi Vrata (on Trakia motorway, below the Gate of Trajan pass )	740	1970s	42.35428°N 23.91841°E / 42.35428; 23.91841
A tunnel on the Gabrovo Ring-road[4][5]	540	2020	42.85980°N 25.28691°E / 42.85980; 25.28691
Golemo Buchino (Lyulin motorway)	500	2011	42.62729°N 23.12801°E / 42.62729; 23.12801
Lyaskovo (on the bypass of Tsankov Kamak)[6]	882	2010	41.79460°N 24.47626°E / 41.79460; 24.47626

The Kresna Gorge Tunnel, if built, would have been Bulgaria's longest tunnel at over 15 kilometres (9.3 mi). It was cancelled in 2015, before construction had begun, and it will be replaced with an alternative route featuring a number of smaller tunnels.

References and notes

"Списък на тунелите [...]" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
A pair of tunnels; the shorter one – 440.30 m – was built in 1897.
"Тунел "Витиня" на магистрала "Хемус" вече е с нов облик". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
https://www.mediapool.bg/borisov-otkri-obhodniya-pat-na-gabrovo-za-koito-ek-iska-da-vrashtame-11-mln-lv-news308193.html
https://gabrovo.bg/bg/page/1310
"Отвориха "златния път" за "Цанков камък"". Retrieved 21 November 2020.

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[1] "Списък на тунелите [...]" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.

[2] A pair of tunnels; the shorter one – 440.30 m – was built in 1897.

[3] "Тунел "Витиня" на магистрала "Хемус" вече е с нов облик". Retrieved 21 November 2020.

[4] ttps://www.mediapool.bg/borisov-otkri-obhodniya-pat-na-gabrovo-za-koito-ek-iska-da-vrashtame-11-mln-lv-news308193.html

[5] ttps://gabrovo.bg/bg/page/1310

[6] "Отвориха "златния път" за "Цанков камък"". Retrieved 21 November 2020.