MODERNIZATION OF RAILWAY SUBSTATION IN TOWN OF SPITAK COMPLETED

ArmInfo
2010-05-13 11:18:00

ArmInfo. Modernization of the railway substation in the town of Spitak
has been completed, the South Caucasus Railway (SCR) CJSC Service of
Electrification and Power Supply, told ArmInfo.

The railway substation did not operate after the disastrous earthquake
in 1988. Modernization was launched in Dec 2009 and completed in
Apr 2010. SCR CJSC acquired and installed the following equipment to
modernize the substation: potential transformer, high-speed breakers,
isolated switches, interrupter unit, and various relays.

Communications have been modernized as well. A total of 4.2 million
rubles were invested in modernization of the substation.

South Caucasian Railway CJSC is the subsidiary (100%) of the Russian
Railways CJSC. The contract of concession of the Armenian Railroad
CJSC for 30 years with a 10-year renewable period was signed in
Yerevan on February 13 2008.