South Caucasian railway intends to launch Armavir-Yerevan electric
passenger train
YEREVAN, July 3. /ARKA/. General of South Caucasus Railway CJSC Shevket
Shaydulin and Governor of Armenia’s Armavir region Ashot Kaghramanyan
will launch Armavir-Yerevan electric passenger train on July 10,
`Novosti-Armenia’ news agency was told by the press-service of SRC
CJSC. According to the company the decision was made during the meeting
of Shaydulin and Kaghramanyan in Armavir on Wednesday.
During their meeting the sides summed up the works of a joint
commission created a month ago for the development of interrepublican
railway communication. Specifically, the parties agreed to launch
passenger electric train on July 10.
According to Head of SCR Passenger Transportation Department Samvel
Galechyan, transportation will take about 50 minutes. Transportation
fee is oriented towards competition against automobile transportation:
300 AMD for Armavir-Yerevan-Armavir ticket.
Armavir-Yerevan-Armavir electric passenger train will run four times a
day.
`Launch of the electric train will be a great assistance for our
population, – Kaghramanyan said, – We have managed to reach good
results in only a month. This is an evidence of high professionalism of
the people working at the railway of Armenia.’
`The railway is an important factor in economic integration. We aim to
bring RA regions closer to Yerevan to ensure business=2
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activity. At the same time all necessary conditions will be created in
Armavir to attract people from all over Armenia,’ Shevket Shaydulin
noted, adding that SCR will manage to attract entrepreneurs’ interest
to its extensive logistics chain.
South Caucasian Railroad CJSC is the subsidiary of Russian Railroads
OJSC and has a concession to run Armenian Railroads state CJSC (AR).
SCR registered in fixed assets AR’s rolling stock on June 1 2008, in
accordance with the above mentioned concession to pass AR management
for 30 years with a right to prolong for another ten years by mutual
agreement. `0′
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
