ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
January 9, 2005 Sunday 12:42 PM Eastern Time

Georgia-Russia railroad ferry line to open in late January

By Tengiz Pachkoria

TBILISI

A railroad ferry line between the Georgian port of Poti and the
Russian port of Kavkaz on the Krasnodar territory will open in the
end of January, a source in the Georgian Railroad Department told
Itar-Tass on Sunday.

At first the line will function once in three days, and each
ferryboat will carry 24 train cars. The traffic may grow busier in
the future. Georgia, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Central Asia can
use the ferry line.

Georgian and Russian experts have coordinated the text of an
agreement on opening the railroad ferry line. The agreement will be
signed during a Georgian visit of Russian Transport Minister Igor
Levitin on Monday.