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BTK railway project to contribute to regional development – Turkish minister

Business Materials 29 January 2015 16:49 (UTC +04:00)
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project will contribute to the development of the region.
BTK railway project to contribute to regional development – Turkish minister

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan.29

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project will contribute to the development of the region, Turkish Minister for Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Lutfi Elvan said.

The minister said it is expected that the BTK railway will be commissioned by late 2015, TRT Haber TV channel reported on Jan.29.

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is being constructed on the basis of the Georgian-Azerbaijani-Turkish intergovernmental agreement.

The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) finances the project in accordance with the Azerbaijani president's decree 'On the implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project activities' dated February 21, 2007.

A new 105-kilometer branch of the railroad is being constructed as part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project. In addition, the railway's Akhalkalaki-Marabda-Tbilisi section is under reconstruction in Georgia that will increase its capacity to 15 million metric tons of cargo per year. A post is under construction in Akhalkalaki for the transition of trains from the existing tracks in Georgia to the European ones.

The peak capacity of the corridor will be 17 million metric tons of cargo per year. At the initial stage, this figure will be equal to one million passengers and 6.5 million metric tons of cargo.

Edited by SI

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