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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20221006201934/http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/armenia/armenia.gif Map of Armenia on wayback machine] - a single sheet map dated June 2009. | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20221006201934/http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/armenia/armenia.gif Map of Armenia on wayback machine] - a single sheet map dated June 2009. | ||
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Tickets can be purchased at the [https://www.railway.am/eng/forpassaj CJSC website] with guidance given in English under the "Regulations" drop down menu. | |||
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As part of the normalisation process between Turkey and Armenia, agreement was reached on 30 July 2024 to assess the technical requirements for reopening the Ahuryan YKŽD - Doğukapı TCDD border crossing. | As part of the normalisation process between Turkey and Armenia, agreement was reached on 30 July 2024 to assess the technical requirements for reopening the Ahuryan YKŽD - Doğukapı TCDD border crossing. | ||
The Yerevan - Tbilisi line was severely damaged by floods in May 2024 | The Yerevan - Tbilisi line was severely damaged by floods in May 2024 but is shown reopening 2 October 2025. | ||
In September 2023 a trial local passenger service of one train a day each way was restarted between Gyumri and Vanadzor, on the line towards Tbilisi (Georgia). Services to Georgia are thought to have been discontinued in about 2011. | In September 2023 a trial local passenger service of one train a day each way was restarted between Gyumri and Vanadzor, on the line towards Tbilisi (Georgia). Services to Georgia are thought to have been discontinued in about 2011. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:12, 18 September 2025
Country Name
Armenia (Hayastan; Հայաստան)
National railway system
Armenian Railways (HYU): (Հարավկովկասյան Երկաթուղի) was formerly the operator. Since 1 June 2008, the former Armenian Railways have been run by CJSC "South Caucasus Railway", a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian Railways.
Official Website
CJSC "South Caucasus Railway"
Language
Armenian is the only official language although Russian is widely used, especially in education
Currency
Dram (Դրամ); code: AMD = 100 luma (լումա)
UIC code
Numeric 58; alpha ARM
Timetable
Journey Planner
South Caucasus Railway and click 'SCHEDULES' and select Local or International where a total of five routes from Yerevan are listed.
The Yerevan - Tbilisi line was severely damaged by floods in May 2024 but is shown reopening 2 October 2025.
Downloadable Timetable
A basic timetable is available by line; click on the tab at the top to get the required line.
A good privately compiled timetable is available.
Printed Timetable
None.
Engineering Information
None.
Maps
Printed Maps
- European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball.
- World Rail Atlas - The Middle East and Caucasus by Neil Robinson.
Web-based Maps
- Map of Armenia on wayback machine - a single sheet map dated June 2009.
Ticketing
Tickets can be purchased at the CJSC website with guidance given in English under the "Regulations" drop down menu.
Gauge
"Russian" gauge (1520 mm)
Electrification
3000 V dc
Rule of the road
Right.
Other railways
None.
Tourist lines
None but Yerevan has a (former) “Pioneer” public narrow-gauge railway that combined a hobby activity for teenagers with practical training in railway operation. These 'Dyetsky Zelegny Dorogy' (DZD) typically operate on a few km of track in a public park on weekends between 1 May and the start of the new school year. For details, see the Web site (partly in English) railways.id.ru/towns/towns.html. .
Metro
Yerevan
Operated by Karen Demirchyan Yerevan Subway CJSC UTSRN - Site in Armenian.
There is track plan of the Yerevan Metro from 2012, captioned in Cyrillic text.
The UrbanRailNet site has a basic diagram of the Yerevan system.
Trams/LRT-Systems
None; the 1524 mm gauge Yerevan tram system closed in 2004
Recent and future changes
As part of the normalisation process between Turkey and Armenia, agreement was reached on 30 July 2024 to assess the technical requirements for reopening the Ahuryan YKŽD - Doğukapı TCDD border crossing.
The Yerevan - Tbilisi line was severely damaged by floods in May 2024 but is shown reopening 2 October 2025.
In September 2023 a trial local passenger service of one train a day each way was restarted between Gyumri and Vanadzor, on the line towards Tbilisi (Georgia). Services to Georgia are thought to have been discontinued in about 2011.
The conquest of the Armenian exclave of Nagorno-Karabakh (within Azerbaijan) by Azerbaijani forces in September 2023, and the resulting exodus of almost all the Armenian population, presumably means that the railway linking it to Armenia will not reopen in the foreseeable future.
All lines crossing into Azerbaijan (including the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan and the Armenian exclave of Nagorno-Karabakh) have been out of use since the conflict between the two countries in the early 1990s. The reopening of these lines was one of the conditions of the ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia in late 2020. In January 2022, Armenia and Azerbaijan were reported to have reached ‘a mutual understanding at the highest level’ on this, but this was nullified by the Azerbaijani victory in September 2023.
Special Notes
None.
