SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAY CONSIDERS POSSIBILITIES FOR LAUNCHING ELECTRICAL TRAIN BETWEEN YEREVAN AND HRAZDAN

ARKA
March 10, 2010

YEREVAN, March 10. /ARKA/. The South Caucasus Railway company
running Armenia’s railroads, said its CEO Shevket Shaydulin had a
working meeting with Araik Kotanjian, the prefect of Kanaker Zeytoon
administrative district of Yerevan, to consider possibilities for
launching an electrical train to run between Yerevan and Hrazdan,
an industrial town in central Kotayk province.

The company’s press service reported that Yerevan chief architect,
Sergey Danielian, was also present at the meeting. They examined also
the condition of the railway on the ground.

The travel between the capital city and Hrazdan will take 50 minutes.

According to Shaydulin, the electrical train will give citizens a
cheaper alternative to traveling by car.

The South Caucasus Railways is run by Russian Railways. The concession
agreement was concluded in 2008 for 30 years, with a right of extension
for another 20 years after the first 20 years of operation.