‘SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAYS’ IMPLEMENT RESTORATION IN MANY DIRECTIONS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.07.2009 15:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ongoing maintenance and restoration works are
implemented along several rail lines, Marat Khakov, first deputy
general director of CJSC "South Caucasus Railways" told a press
conference in Yerevan.

"Today, we invest much to restore passenger complex and stations in
Masis and Armavir," he said.

The passenger sector, in particular, Shorzha, Razdan and Kanaker
stations, are also repaired, a large project is carried out at Ayrum
station (which is at the Georgian border).

By the end of this year South Caucasus Railways projects to extend
the line for electric trains from Vanadzor to Ayrum, now there are
no electric trains between Gyumri and Vanadzor, Khakov said.

Monitoring at ‘South Caucasus Railways’ revealed demand for the
Araks-Yerevan destination, Marat Khakov said.

As Marat Khakov informed, South Caucasus Railways adopted special
regulations under which a passenger must pay for extra load.