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Foundation of new railway station laid within Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project

07 April 2012 10:57 (UTC +04:00)

APAâ€™s Georgia bureau reports that Georgian Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Ramaz Nikolaishvili and chairman of Azeryolservis OJSC Javid Gurbanov visited the construction site. Following this, the foundation of the new railway station was laid in Akhalkalaki.

According to Georgian Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Ramaz Nikolaishvili, the construction of the new railway station will be completed next year.

Nikolaishvili told journalists that 5500 people will work at Akhalkalaki railway station, about 4000 people will work at Marabda-Kartsakhi part of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line.

Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey signed the final document on the construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars on February 8, 2007. The construction of the new railway started on November 21, 2007. Azerbaijan extended $200mln. preferential loan for Marabda-Kartsakhi Railway LLC (for 25 years) to construct Georgian part of the railway. At the expense of this loan new 29km-road and wheels changing station will be constructed and the old road will be reconstructed.

Azerbaijan extended extra funds for Georgia $575mln. (for 25 years) to change the direction of the tunnel that will be built in the area from Akhalkalaki by the Turkish border and rehabilitate and reconstruct 160km railway in Marabda-Akhalkalaki. Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project is being implemented with the financial support of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan.