Главен редактор
  • проф. д-р Христина Николова
Редакционен съвет
  • проф. д-р Христина Николова, УНСC
  • проф. д.с.н. Елка Тодорова, УНСС
  • проф. д.н. Мая Ламбовска, УНСС
  • доц. д-р Тодор Недев, УНСС
  • доц. д-р Дорина Кабакчиева, УНСС
  • доц. д-р Паскал Желев, УНСС
Научен секретар
  • доц. д-р Александър Вълков, УНСС
Координатор
  • ас. д-р Веселина Любомирова, УНСС
Международен редакционен съвет
  • Damian Stantchev, PhD
    Edinburgh NAPIER University, UK

  • Ivaylo Vassilev, PhD
    University of Southampton,UK

  • Prof. Irina Kuzmina-Merlino, PhD
    Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Riga

  • Milan Zdravkovic
    University of Niš, Serbia

  • Prof. Niculae Mihaita, PhD
    Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

  • Prof. Ricardo Jardim-Gonçalves, PhD
    UNINOVA institute, New University of Lisbon, Portugal

  • Prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD
    Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic

  • Prof. John Rijsman, PhD
    Tilburg University

  • Prof. Ing. Zdenek Dvorák, PhD
    University of Zilina, Slovak Republic

  • Prof. Zoran Cekerevac, PhD
    “Union – Nikola Tesla” University in Belgrade, Serbia

Influence of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Development of the Railway Transport in Bulgaria
Научни трудове на УНСС - Том 5/2022
година 2022
Брой 5

Influence of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Development of the Railway Transport in Bulgaria

Резюме

Abstract

The freight railway transport has got an important role in the national transport system, carrying out the movement of goods on medium length and long distances, where the passenger railway transport not only fulfils the purely commercial transportation side but it also has a social function supplying to the population access to social transportation services. In the current research is analysed the development of the freight and passenger railway carriage in Bulgaria for the period of 2011 – 2020. The period reviewed starts with the years of recovery of the economy of the country from the worldwide financial-economic crisis and ends with the entering into the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The main goal of the study is to follow the trends of the development of the freight and passenger railway transport and to determine how the occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the railway transportation activities.

JEL: O18, R41

Ключови думи

transport market, COVID-19 pandemic, rail freight, rail transport of passengers, railway carriers
Свалете RP.2022.5.15.pdf
ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING

ISSN (print): 0861-9344
ISSN (online): 2534-8957