AZERBAIJAN officially inaugurated a new cross-border link to the Iranian city of Astara on March 5 when the first test train crossed the newly-constructed dual-gauge (1520mm and 1435mm gauge) bridge over the Astarachay river, which divides the two countries.
THE president of Azerbaijan Mr Ilham Aliyev officially reopened Baku Central station on February 10 following the completion of a two-year renovation and modernisation project.
THE government of Azerbaijan has secured a €277m loan from a consortium of Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and the French branch of HSBC Bank to purchase 50 locomotives for use on the Baku - Tbilisi - Kars line.
AZERBAIJAN Railways (ADY) announced on November 7 that it has completed the 8.3km line from Astara to the Iranian border on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.
POLISH broad-gauge railway PKP LHS has signed a declaration of access to the Trans-Caspian international transport route (TCITR), which links China with Europe via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ukraine.
IRJ at InoTrans 2016: Stadler and Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) jointly presented a new fleet of sleeper coaches for the Kars – Tbilisi – Baku railway at InnoTrans on September 22.
STADLER Minsk has completed delivery of an order for five Kiss double-deck EMUs for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY), with the final two sets completing their journey to Baku this week.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border on April 20 to mark the start of construction on a railway bridge across the Astarachay river, which will link the two countries on the western shores of the Caspian Sea.
ALSTOM has acquired an additional 25% stake in the Kazakh EKZ joint venture locomotive manufacturer from Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) to become the main shareholder with a 50% holding.
THE first of 10 1520mm-gauge TE33A diesel locomotives ordered by Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) from JSC Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ), Kazakhstan, was officially handed over to ADY chairman Mr Javid Gurbanov at a ceremony in Baku on August 3.
