SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAY CJSC TO START OPERATING YEREVAN-BATUMI-YEREVAN TRIPS ON JULY 9

ARKA
July 8
YEREVAN

Yuzhnokavkazskaya Zheleznaya Doroga (South Caucasus Railway) CJSC
will start operating Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan trips on July 9.

The railway will keep operating the trips until July 16.

Susanna Tonoyan, press secretary of Armenian Transport and
Communication Ministry, told ARKA News Agency that the train departure
from Yerevan is scheduled for 20:10 local time on odd days and arrival
in Batumi for 16:20 on the next days.

Departure from Batumi is scheduled for 08:50 on odd days and arrival
in Yerevan for 05:35 on the next days.

The train will stop in Armavir, Gyumri, Vanadzor and Sanain in
Armenia’s territory.

Unlike the previous season, this time fares in Armenia and Georgia
will be the same.

Fares for dormitory car are AMD 18124 and for compartment car AMD 9300
(about $30).

On July 1, Armenian Railway was handed over South Caucasus
Railway, whose parent company is Russian Railways, for concession
management. M.V