Azerbaijan, Baku, August 6 / Trend , E.Ismaylov /
In August, the Baku Metro plans to get 10 new trains produced by Metrovagonmash JSC, a source in Baku Metro said on August 6.
"May be this month we will get the first batch of 10 new trains," said the source. In general, this year the Baku Metro plans to buy 15 Russian-produced trains.
In 2008 Azerbaijan acquired 35 trains, in 2007 - 25 trains.
The Baku metro functions since 1967 (from Icheri Sheher station to Nariman Narimanov station with three intermediate stations). Seven stations of the Baku metro, including Icheri Sheher, Sahil, 28 May, Jafar Jabbarli, Khatai, Nizami and Elmler Akademiyasi, are deep-laid stations, Bakmil is surface and the rest is shallow-laid (altogether 20 stations).
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