The narrow-gauge train (tesnolineika in Bulgarian) covers a route of 125 km (77 mi) across the Rila and Pirin Mountains and the Rhodopes. The trip takes about five hours, which makes the average speed a mere 25 km/h (15 mph). Urban legends have it that the slow speed allowed young lads in the past to impress their ladies: they went to the first carriage of the train, jumped off, picked flowers along the tracks and then hopped back on the train at the last carriage.

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