Passenger train  which will run on the route Baku-Tbilisi-Kars arrives in Baku
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  • 14:52 29 March 2019

Passenger train which will run on the route Baku-Tbilisi-Kars arrives in Baku

A passenger train consisting of 10 wagons produced by Switzerland Stadler Rail Group on the order of Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint-Stock Company has arrived in Baku, Public Relations Department of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC told ONA.

It should be noted that the train, which will run on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, consists of nine passenger wagons and a dining wagon. The composition proceeded from Switzerland to Turkey, and then to Georgia. The train arrived in Baku after testing in Akhalkalaki - a point of rearrangement of carload carriages from 1520 mm gauge to 1435 mm gauge.

In the second stage, is expected to purchase another 10 wagons. Wagons are constructed using cutting-edge technology.

Aida Tinayeva

Tags: Baku-Tbilisi-Kars

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