YEREVAN-BATUMI RAILWAY TO OPEN ON JUNE 15

Armenpress
June 06 2006

YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS: Very soon Armenian holiday-makers wishing
to spend a week or two in Georgia’s Black Sea resorts will be able
to travel to Batumi, the capital of the autonomous Ajaria region,
by train.

Armenian transport and communication ministry said comfortable
trains with double and four-passenger compartments will be running
between Yerevan and Batumi from June 15 to September 15. The railway
connection between Armenia and Georgia’s Batumi is expected to give a
very strong boost to development of Georgia’s tourist industry. The
train from Yerevan will make stops in Gyumri, Vanadzor and Sanahin
stations before crossing the brooder with Georgia.

Ticket prices will be very affordable, 18, 000 drams for a double
compartment and 9,300 drams for four-passenger compartment. Last
year around 20,000 Armenians spent their summer vacations in Ajaria,
traveling largely by vans and buses.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress