Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 19
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
The third of five speed trains, purchased by Azerbaijan Railways CJSC at the Stadler Minsk plant, has been delivered to Baku, Nadir Azmammadov, spokesman for Azerbaijan Railways, told Trend August 19.
He said that these trains are designed for passenger transportation via the Baku-Sumgait route.
"Moreover, three of five trains purchased in Riga for the Keshla-Yalama line, are already in Baku," Azmammadov said.
Stadler double-decker train is designed for 919 passengers. It is equipped with an air-conditioning system. This train will have Wi-Fi in the future.
Earlier, Azmammadov said that the fee at the Baku-Sumgait electric train could hit 50 or 70 Azerbaijani qepik.
Earlier, the Baku-Sumgait-Bilajari electric trains reached the destination point within one hour 22 minutes. This time will be reduced up to 40 minutes after reconstruction.
At present, the Baku-Zabrat-Sumgait trains reach the destination point within one hour 29 minutes.
After the reconstruction of the ways, this time will be reduced up to 52 minutes.
Edited by CN
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