The railway companies of Kazakhstan, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan have planned to increase the volume of rail freight traffic on the Trans-Caspian international transport routes to 5.5 million tons of /year. The decision was taken during the meeting of the coordination committee of the Trans-Caspian international transport route, organised in Baku. The companies
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Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) is planning to upgrade the railway line connecting Baku and Sumgait, the third biggest city of the country. “The project involves the upgrading of 50 km of railway line, the modernization of the power supply and signalling systems and the acquisition of 10 electric trains “, stated Nadir Azmammadov, Head of ADY Press
Polish track super structure systems provider TINES has signed a contract with Baku Metro (Bakı Metropoliteni) for the construction of 800 m long test section ballastless track (using Embedded Rail Systems – EBS). According to TINES, the technology were already used in the construction of Warsaw, Kiev and Almaty subways and was tested successfully
Georgia: Test train on Baku – Tblisi – Kars railway
A first test train was launched on the 26 December 2014, on Akhalkalaki – Kartsakhi (Turkish border) railway section, Georgia’s fourth segment within the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project (Marabda-Tetriskaro, Tetriskaro-Tsalka, Tsalka-Akhalkalaki sections and Akhalkalaki railway station). According to the Azerbaijan Transport Ministry, the testing was carried out successfully, and the train reached the border station. The 26.2 km section
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This is its first sale in Azerbaijan and a further milestone in the strategy to tap into the CIS markets. The order is worth around CHF 120 million (including a comprehensive spare parts package and personnel training). The carriages will be used on the Baku–Tbilisi–Istanbul line. They will have gauge-changing
Azerbaijan to purchase rail passenger cars from Stadler
Azerbaijan’s Transport Ministry and Stadler are planning to sign an agreement on purchase of new railroad passenger cars, announced the Head of the Public Relations Department of the Transport Ministry Namig Hasanov. Azerbaijan will purchase some 30 new rail passenger cars under this agreement, in the framework of the state program
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The authorized capital of Azerbaijan Railways increased by 21.2 % – from AZN 599.000.000 (EUR 559722888) to AZN 726,146,366 (EUR 678.532.123) upon a decree of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers. The number of ordinary shares worth two manat each increased, respectively, from 299,500,000 to 363,073,183 units, according to the text of
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