Azerbaijan Railways and Czech company Moravia Steel has signed an additional agreement to refurbish Baku-Boyuk Kesik railway.
“To implement the project’s second stage of the reconstruction of Azerbaijan railway the two companies have signed an agreement,” Azerbaijan Railways announced.
In December 2013, Azerbaijani Railway completed the repair of 317 kilometers on the route Baku – Boyuk Kesik under the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project.
The complete overhaul of the Baku-Boyuk Kesik section was implemented under the State Program on the railway system development in Azerbaijan for 2010-2014. Czech Exim Bank allocated to the project an estimated USD 215 million.
“The agreement is an addition to an export contract on logistics and overhaul of the 600-meter section of the Baku-Boyuk Kesik,” Azerbaijan Railways said.
The main purpose of the state program is to provide effective activity of the transport complex by increasing the transit potential of Azerbaijan, increase the level of railway transport services and reduce transport expenditures while transporting passengers and loads.
Baku-Boyuk Kesik, a Baku-Georgian border is part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which is being constructed based on the Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkish interstate agreement.
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