BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 12
By Nargiz Ismayilova - Trend:
The Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint-Stock Company transported 348 TEU containers through Azerbaijan in the direction from Russia to Iran during the first half of 2020, the company’s press service told Trend.
As reported, in June 2020, the Azerbaijan Railways transported 44 TEU containers in the direction of Russia-Iran through Azerbaijan. This indicator decreased 1.7 times compared to May 2020.
Over the first six months of this year, the company transported 182 TEU containers in the direction from Iran to Russia through Azerbaijan.
In June of this year, 26 TEU containers were transported by the company in the direction of Iran-Russia through Azerbaijan.
The construction of railways in Azerbaijan started back in 1878 and on January 20, 1880, the Baku-Sabunchu-Surakhani railway, with a length of 20 kilometers, was put into operation. Since then, taking into account the growing demand for cargo transportation, the railways in Azerbaijan have developed and improved.
Currently, the total length of the main tracks in the country is 2,954.74 kilometers, and the operational length is 2,133.07 kilometers, of which 803.3 kilometers are double-track, and 1,329.72 kilometers - are single-track. Some 1,169.17 kilometers or 54.82 percent of the total operational length of tracks are electrified, 964.9 kilometers, that is, 45.18 percent, are operated on diesel traction. Herein, 1,527.7 kilometers of tracks are equipped with an automatic signaling system.
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