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Baku Tbilisi Kars Railway on Track to Meet Deadline

By Sam Applegate on Oct 21, 2013 in Azerbaijan, Freight, Georgia, Infrastructure, Investment, Turkey

Railway officials from Azerbaijan have said that the Asia to Europe link between Kars and Baku is on track for completion by the end 2014. The railway through Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan will carry up to 30 million tonnes of containerised and bulk cargo annually. A 4.3km tunnel between Georgia and Turkey will be one […]

Bombardier Wins Signalling Contract for Kars to Baku Line

By Sam Applegate on Sep 20, 2013 in Azerbaijan, Signalling & Telecommunications

Canadian railway giant Bombardier has won a $203 million contract to supply signalling and safety measures for the Kars to Baku line linking Europe to Asia by rail. It is part of a consortium with the Trans-Signal-Rabita Ltd, the Azerbaijani company charged with building the line across Azerbaijan. The railway giant has won the contract […]

Azerbaijan - Georgia - Turkey Railway Important for Asia to European Ties

By Sam Applegate on Sep 11, 2013 in Azerbaijan, Freight, Georgia, Passenger Rail, Turkey

The delayed railway between Baku via Tbilisi and Kars is important for European and Asian relations, the Turkish Premier Abdullah Gul said last week. Speaking to journalists he said, “We actively cooperate with Georgia and Azerbaijan to ensure that this railway is launched as soon as possible. Thus, we will revive an ancient Silk Way,” […]

Ministers Meet in Kars to Discuss Railway Project

By Sam Applegate on Jun 30, 2013 in Azerbaijan, Freight, Georgia, Passenger Rail, Turkey

Transport Ministers from Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia are meeting in Kars to discuss the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project. Ministers will be brought up to date with the project, which will see a new 105 km branch railway and the reconstruction of a section of the Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Marabda railway in Georgia. Additionally, a centre to be built in […]

Bosphorus Shuttle to Link Germany and Turkey September 2013

By Sam Applegate on Jun 11, 2013 in Azerbaijan, Freight, High Speed Rail, Turkey

A new rail service between Germany and Turkey to be known as the Bosporus Shuttle will launch this September. Operated by DB Schenker Rail, the logistics arm of German rail company Deutsche Bahn, the service will operate three pairs of trains per week, carrying both containers and conventional freight. It will take the trains five […]

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway on Schedule Says Head of Azerbaijan Railways JSC

By Sam Applegate on May 07, 2013 in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Infrastructure, Investment, Turkey

Work on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway, which will assist cargo transportation between Asia and Europe is on schedule, says Arif Askerof, Head of Azerbaijan Railways Joint Stock Company. He was commenting after rumours that the works had stopped due to a rise in costs. Deputy Transport Minister Musa Panahov said the rumours did not correspond with […]

New Rail Project to Link Azerbaijan with Turkish City of Kars

By Sam Applegate on Jan 16, 2013 in Azerbaijan, Turkey

Head of Press Service for Azerbaijan Railways JSC, Nadir Azmammadov, has said construction of a new railway line connecting the Nakchivan Autonomous Republic on the Turkish-Azerbaijan border with the Turkish city of Kars, will go ahead after completion of the current Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project. Planning for the new route is already underway, with development of […]

Azerbaijan and Georgia Railway Restoration Proposals Fail to Start

By Sam Applegate on Nov 30, 2012 in Azerbaijan, Georgia

Questions are being raised about the feasibility of proposals to restore the Zugdidi-Ochamchire section of the Georgian Railway which would link Georgia with Russia. At present the line is in a state of disrepair and has not been in use since 2008. The difficulties of such a restoration lies with the neighbouring countries of Armenia, […]

Middle East Countries to Introduce Single Tariff for Rail Transportation

By Sam Applegate on Nov 29, 2012 in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Turkey have unanimously agreed to introduce a single tariff on the transportation of goods by rail network. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Kazakhstan which reported that for the transportation of goods within the project Silk Wind, all four countries have agreed to introduce one single […]

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