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Foreign firms to be drawn to development of Baku subway

5 September 2012 15:21 (UTC+04:00)
Foreign firms to be drawn to development of Baku subway

Foreign partners are to be attracted to the implementation of the 20-year program for the development of the Baku subway, president of Azerbaijan Tunneling Association and chairman of the Azertunelmetrotikinti JSC Shaig Efendiyev told reporters on Wednesday.

According to him, negotiations with potential participants will be held during the congress and exhibition of tunneling and urban underground infrastructure to be held in Azerbaijan on September 10-11.

Baku subway has been operating since 1967 and has 23 stations. Earlier a 20-year program of its development had been adopted. In accordance with the long term development scheme, in the future the overall network will consist of five lines compared to the current two.

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