SHEVKET SHAYDULIN APPOINTED AS GENERAL DIRECTOR OF SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILROAD
ARKA
Dec 12, 2008
YEREVAN, December 12. /ARKA/. Shevket Shaydulin has been appointed as
General Director of the South Caucasus Railroad company, the company’s
press service reported.
The decision to dismiss Alexander Kuznetsov from the general director
post and appoint Shaydulin was adopted at the sitting of Board of
Director of Russian Railways open joint stock company in Moscow on
December 9.
Shaydulin was Director of Sverdlov Railroad in 2004-2007 and Advisor
to President of the Russian Railways in 2007-2008.
South Caucasus Railroad fully owned by the Russian Railways is the
operator of the Armenian Railways under a 30-year concession agreement
signed on February 13 2008.
The Armenian Railways Company is in charge of 805 km of Armenia’s
1,125-km-long railways. Since 2001, the company has been operating at
a profit. 3mln tons of cargoes were transported through the Armenian
Railways in 2007 against 2.7mln tons in 2006.