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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 ...
The railway was built in the late 19th century, when Georgia and Armenia, as well as the recently conquered Kars Oblast, all were parts of the Russian Empire.By the late 1880s, the railway system of Russian Transcaucasia consisted of the mainline from Poti and Batumi on the Black Sea to Tiflis (now Tbilisi) to Baku on the Caspian Sea, run by the Transcaucasian 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 ...
South Caucasus Railway currently operates the following services: [2] 1. Armenia–Georgia express/sleeper service: Yerevan to Tbilisi / Batumi via Gyumri and Vanadzor [3] [4] 2. Yerevan to Araks (Myasnikan) / Gyumri - 3 services a day plus 1 additional short journey to Araks, and a weekend express service (without stops between Yerevan and Gyumri
In 2018, passenger flow at the two main airports of Armenia reached a record high of 2,856,673 million people. [19] In December 2019, yearly passenger flow exceeded 3,000,000 million people for the first time in Armenia's history. [20] In November 2019, the creation of a Free Route Airspace (FRA) between Armenia and Georgia was announced.
Expansion of the railway network of Armenia and increased mining activity in Armenia are creating new jobs, economic growth, and increases in traffic volume. [10] During the calendar year 2013, South Caucasus Railway transported 3.2752 million tons of cargo and 415.4 thousand passengers.
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The tracks in Georgia were acquired by the Georgian Railways LLC, although the tracks in Abkhazia were taken over by the Abkhazian railway (this company was later absorbed by the Georgian railways). The tracks in Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan were taken over by the Azerbaijan State Railway and the tracks in Armenia were taken over by the Armenian ...