By Trend
The transportation of passengers by Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK)
railway is planned to begin in 3Q2019, the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC
said in a statement.
The company stated that, to this end, the new railcars of the
Swiss Stadler company will be delivered in Azerbaijan in
1Q2019.
"The delivery of 10 new railcars has been scheduled for the
first stage, the delivery of another 10 railcars has been scheduled
for the second stage.," said the company.
In addition, the company stated that, since the start of
commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, about 3,000
containers were transported along this railroad.
"Building materials, electrical equipment, detergents, grain and
other goods from China, Central Asia, Russia, and Azerbaijan are
mainly transported along this railroad to Turkey and in the
opposite direction," the company said.
The Azerbaijani Railways company also noted that the countries
other than Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey along the BTK railway,
have high expectations with regard to this rail route. The
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will play an important role in increasing
the transit potential of these countries.
On October 30, 2017, a solemn ceremony on the occasion of the
opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway was held at the Baku
International Sea Trade Port.
The BTK railway is built on the basis of the
Azerbaijani-Georgian-Turkish intergovernmental agreement. At the
initial stage, the volume of freight traffic will be at the level
of 6.5 million tons of cargo, as well as up to one million
passengers will be transported through this railway.
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