Azerbaijan is intending to put 30 new passenger carriages into operation on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor that connects Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
Azerbaijani Railways spokesperson Nadir Azmamedov told Trend news agency that his company had asked Turkey if it could purchase 30 passenger carriages and confirmed the deal had been accepted.
The carriages will be comfortable and equipped with modern technologies. The carriages will arrive in Azerbaijan by the end of the next year. Passengers will be able to travel [From Baku] to Kars in one day,” said Azmamedov.
The international railway route connected Baku in Azerbaijan, Tbilisi in Georgia and Kars in Turkey.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway aimed to improve trade and economic relations between the three countries and gain Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) by connecting Europe and Asia.
The USD600 million railway project is due to open later this year. The Turkish segment will be 76km long while the Georgian railway line will be 29km long.
It is estimated that the BTK railway line will transport a million passengers and 6.5 million tons of cargo in its initial stage.
By 2030, it is expected to carry an estimated 17 million tons of cargo and approximately three million passengers.
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