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June 4, 2026 | Freight

Baku - Tbilisi - Kars line upgrade completed in Georgia

Key section of Middle Corridor now has capacity for 5 million tonnes of freight a year.

April 10, 2026 | Main line

Georgia unveils three-year rail action plan

Line upgrades and new rolling stock acquisitions expected to double network capacity.

January 29, 2026 | Infrastructure

Georgia reopens upgraded main line

Chinese contractor has completed work on 41km of East-West line.

May 17, 2024 | Freight

Developing the Middle Corridor for regional economic growth

While the Middle Corridor through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia has been receiving increased attention as an alternative route for containers moving between China and Europe, a recent World Bank report highlights the potential of developing it as a regional economic corridor. Robert Preston reports.

January 19, 2023 | Financial

EBRD loans €50.6m to upgrade Tbilisi metro in Georgia

Loan is for improving stations, reducing downtimes for maintenance and boosting non-fare revenue.

May 18, 2020 | News

Tbilisi set to procure 10 new metro trains

TBILISI Transport Company (TCC), which operates the metro network in the Georgian capital, is set to close a tender on May 18 for the procurement of 10 four-car metro trains and the modernisation of a depot and a tunnel.

May 7, 2019 | Asia

Turkey to join 1520mm-gauge network?

TURKEY is to study the viability of joining the 1520mm-gauge network in Russia and central Asia under a trilateral agreement signed in Ankara on May 6.

March 4, 2019 | Fleet

Kars - Tbilisi - Baku coaches on test in Switzerland

TESTING of a new fleet of coaches for the Kars – Tbilisi – Baku railway is nearing completion in eastern Switzerland as manufacturer Stadler makes final preparations to dispatch the vehicles to Azerbaijan.

December 14, 2018 | Asia

Kars - Tbilisi - Baku coaches on test in Germany

DB Systemtechnik and Stadler Rail have been carrying out tests with new coaches for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) which will be introduced on international services on the Kars – Tbilisi – Baku railway next year.

June 13, 2018 | Freight

DB and Georgian Railway sign cooperation agreement

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Georgian Railway (GR) are looking to strengthen the European and Asian multimodal transport corridors with the signing of an agreement in Berlin on June 12 which lays the foundation for future joint projects in the rail freight sector.

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