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By Aynur Jafarova

Revenue of Azerbaijan Railways Joint Stock Company amounted to over 223 million manats in 2013.

In an article published in the local media on March 17, Head of the JSC Arif Askerov noted that last year the company's revenue was mainly generated by shipping - 208.2 million manats - and passenger transportation - 14.9 million manats.

"Total expenditure for Azerbaijan Railways reached 214 million manats in 2013 including 73.3 million manats for the payment of workers' salaries, 53.1 million manats for the purchase of goods and materials, 38.7 million manats for paying consumed electricity, fuel and water, 15.3 million manats for the social security fund and 4.1 million manats for the state budget in the form of tax payments," Askerov wrote.

"Thus, the net profit of the company amounted to 9 million manats in 2013," he concluded.

In total, some 23.2 million tons of cargo and 2.5 million passengers were transported by JSC in 2013.

Currently, the total length of main roads is 2,932 kilometers and the operational length is 2,117 kilometers, including 815 kilometers of bilateral roads. 1,272 kilometers of the total length of the path is electrified and 845 kilometers is operated by the diesel traction.

More than half of railways-1,126 kilometers- are equipped with self-locking, 479 kilometers are equipped with centralized control and the rest are equipped with semi-automatic locking.

The road consists of 176 stations, two of them - Shirvan and Bilajari- are large automated sorting stations. Some 12 stations include container platforms, equipped with the necessary equipment and machinery and three stations (Keshla, Ganja, Khirdalan) with the ability to conduct large-scale container operations.