HEADS of state from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia convened at the Port of Baku on October 30 for a ceremony marking the official completion of the 826km Kars - Tbilisi - Baku railway.
STADLER CEO Mr Peter Spuhler has signed a memorandum of understanding with Georgia’s minister of economy and sustainable development, Mr Giorgi Gakharia, paving the way for the Swiss rolling stock manufacturer to set up a plant in the country.
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.
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.
GEORGIAN Railway has signed a preliminary with a joint venture of CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive and Georgia’s BMI Partners and AS Group for the supply of 28 electric locomotives.
METROPOLITAN Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta) has issued requests for information by August 30 for a fleet of new trains and for the life-extension of two-thirds of its existing fleet.
GEORGIAN Railway (GR) launched its new fleet of Stadler Kiss double-deck EMUs on July 25, when the first two trains were introduced on express services from Tbilisi to the Black Sea resorts of Batumi, Kobuleti, and Ureki.
GEORGIAN Railway (GR) announced on April 22 that it will take on four Stadler Kiss double-deck EMUs originally ordered by Russian airport rail link operator Aeroexpress.
TESTING commenced on Georgia's Akhalkalaki - Kartsakhi standard-gauge section of the Baku - Tblisi - Kars (BTK) railway on December 30, a key milestone in the much-delayed project which is described by Georgian officials as the "new silk road."
Rail corridors are breathing new life into the ancient trade route between east and west and could reinvigorate Georgian Railway. Paul Ash reports from Tbilisi on how GR is seeking to capitalise on the movement of freight between Asia and Europe.
