The municipal territory is crossed by a high-speed railway, first opened in 1873 now run by the Bulgarian State Railways part of the line from Sofia to Istanbul. The upgrading of the Plovdiv-Svilengrad line was the biggest local project financed by EU's ISPA program at a cost of 340 mln euro. The European Investment Bank has lent 150 mln euro to the venture with 153 mln euro coming from ISPA and 37 mln euro from Bulgaria's state budget. The doubling of 150 km of track from Plovdiv to Parvomay was completied in November 2009 with the renovation of Parvomay Railway Station and the closure of road level crossings in Parvomay Town were replaced by a road flyover in 2011. Although this train route is open, it will have a limited service until further sections being constructed are completed.