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Transport and transit were identified as pivotal aspects of Azerbaijan-Georgia cooperation, with a particular emphasis on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway and joint efforts towards the development of the Middle Corridor.
In particular, the fact that the expanded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will start operating after a month or two is one of the great achievements. As I said, in a couple of months, the capacity of this railway will be increased from 1 million tons to 5 million tons.
Emphasizing that Azerbaijan and Georgia, along with other countries, have initiated the implementation of a very major and large-scale project, the head of state said: “I believe that successful projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum, Southern Gas Corridor, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars will
Specifically, I believe that the activation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway in an expanded capacity within the next month or two marks a significant achievement,” President Ilham Aliyev said in a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, Report informs referring to Azertac
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is part of the TITR. The cargo transportation logistics are significantly complicated by tensions in the Red Sea, and the crisis is already affecting the countries of Northern Europe.
About 95% of the work on the complete modernization of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway line and increasing its throughput capacity to five million tons has been completed, Rovshan Rustamov, chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, told journalists while on a visit to Georgia, the Georgian bureau of
Over the past years, Azerbaijan has been actively working to expand the capacity of the combined sea and railway component of the Middle Corridor, which also includes the transshipment of goods through the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway and the Baku port.
The purpose of the visit is to get acquainted with the progress of construction and reconstruction work on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway line. Work to expand the BTK began last year and is nearing completion.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is part of the corridor. By 2025, the Middle Corridor’s capacity is expected to reach 10 million tons of cargo per year. In 2023, 2.750 million tons of cargo were transported along the Middle Corridor, which is 64% more than in 2022.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is one of the most concrete examples of this. To get the most out of this railway, restoration work must be completed quickly.