The international railway Sofia � Bucharest � Moscow runs through Pleven. The international road E 83 passes just north of the city. The national A2 Hemus highway Sofia � Varna is projected to pass 16 km south of Pleven. The inner city transportation in Pleven is maintained mainly by trolleybuses. There are 14 trolleybus lines and 75 km trolleybus network and also 14 bus lines. The trolleybus fleet consist of 70 ZIU-682 trolleybuses produced 1985�1988. A project for 12 km trolleybus routes extension, was announced by the Pleven municipality and expected to start 2009
