Azerbaijan Railways has started the next phase of works in the framework of the overhaul of the national railway section of the international corridor North-South. Currently, the railway company is overhauling the Garaguna – Shirvan – Sortirovochnaya section with a length of 6.7 km. Demiryolservis LLC Company, acting as a contractor for this work, has repaired 4.1 km of railway tracks at the Shirvan-Glavnaya station and along the Shirvan – Sortirovochnaya section. This section hasn’t been overhauled since 1968. Taking into account the growth of traffic in the near future, the implemented work is of great importance, Azerbaijan Railways said.
Under the same project, Azerbaijan Railways has started in March the overhaul of the railway section of Alat – Osmanli – Astara.
The North-South transport corridor is designed to connect Northern Europe with Southeast Asia, including the railway networks of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia. This transport corridor will connect the port of St. Petersburg with the Iranian ports of Bandar Abbas and Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, through which the sea route reaches the Indian port of Mumbai.
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