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The existing Kars–Gyumri (Gjumri)–Tbilisi (Tiflis) railway line (in black), south of the Kars–Akhalkalaki–Tbilisi railway (in red)The Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway line is a railway line that runs from the city of Kars in Turkey to the Armenian city of Gyumri, and from there on to Tbilisi, Georgia.
The Baku–Tbilisi–Kars project was intended to provide a rail corridor linking Azerbaijan to Turkey via Georgia whilst avoiding Armenia, following the closure of the Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway in 1993, as a result of the first Nagorno-Karabakh War. The project also provided an additional rail route between China and Europe (via Central ...
Passengers would change to a narrow gauge train from Erzurum to Kars. The Narrow gauge line was replaced with standard gauge in 1957 and the broad gauge line was replaced in 1962. It is the terminus of the Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway, and the Baku–Tbilisi–Akhalkalaki–Kars railway.
In 1899, the Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway connection between Georgia and Armenia was established. [2] The Khashuri to Borjomi link was built in 1894, with the 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) Borjomi to Bakuriani narrow-gauge line operational from 1902, to serve the higher level skiing community. The Kakheti railway branch line was completed ...
The railway junction of Gyumri is the oldest and the largest one in Armenia. It was formed in 1897. The first railway link to Gyumri that connected the city (then officially called Alexandropol) with Tiflis was completed in 1899. The rail line was then extended from Alexandropol to Yerevan (in 1902), Kars (in 1902), Jolfa (in 1906), and Tabriz ...
Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway; T. Transcaucasus Railway This page was last edited on 22 January 2017, at 02:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway (Kars–Gymri section closed since 1993) Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway; West neighboring countries. Bulgaria – open – 1,435 mm (4 ...
Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway; Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway; T. Transcaucasus Railway This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 21:54 (UTC). Text is available ...