Twenty-three railway stations will be built as part of construction of the Baku Ring Railway, Javid Gurbanov, head of the Azerbaijan Railways, said. The President of Azerbaijan assigned a task to restore the former electric railway lines serving Baku. This will allow to improve considerably passenger transportation. Preparations for the implementation of the program have already begun. The work will begin from the Sabunchi station. So far, 100 million manats (48 million euros) were allocated for the Baku Ring Railway construction. Presently, the Baku-Sumgait trains operate with stops at two stations – Bilajari and Khirdalan.
“We want to expand the [Baku-Sumgait] railway for the trains leaving Baku to run not only in this direction, but also in the opposite direction via Bakikhanov, Zabrat-1, Zabrat-2, Pirshagi, Fatmai, Novkhani stations and further to Sumgait,” he explained.
“The railway is planned to be extended to the Baghlar station in the Mashtaga settlement. Another railway branch will be extended to the Dubandi station near the Zira settlement. Earlier, there was a railway to the Pirallahi settlement, however the bridge was dismantled. Another railway will be laid to the Bina settlement. In the future, the issue regarding the railway to the Heydar Aliyev International Airport will be solved,” Javid Gurbanov added.
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