Azerbaijan - General Information

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Country Name

Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan)

National railway system

Azerbaijan State Railway: ADDY (Azərbaycan Dövlət Dəmir Yolu)

Official Website

www.railway.gov.az

Language

Azerbaijani (also called Azeri); 13 other languages are also spoken in the country

Currency

Manat (AZN)

UIC code

Numeric 57; alpha AZE

Timetable

Journey Planner

None

Downloadable Timetable

A list of express trains (mainly international) from, but not to, Baku is given on the “Qatarların hərəkət cədvəli” page

Printed Timetable

None.

Engineering Information

None.

Maps

Timetable Maps

None.

Other Maps

None.

Gauge

"Russian" gauge (1520mm)

Electrification

3000 V dc

Rule of the road

Right.

Other railways

None.

Tourist lines

None.

Metro

Baku

Trams

Baku

Recent and future changes

None.

Special Notes

Azerbaijan includes the Autonomous Republic (muxtar respublika) of Nakhchivan, separated from the rest of the country by Armenia. Armenia controls a number of territories which are formally part of Azerbaijan, surrounding the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

See also