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[D] Construction started in 2008 of a 105 km line between a junction east of Akhalkalaki (RK) and Mezra (TCDD), 13 km east of Kars - 29 km in Georgia and 76 km in Turkey. The line will be 1435 mm gauge, with gauge change facilities near Akhalkalaki.  Its purpose is to reestablish a rail link between Azerbaijan and Turkey through Georgia following closure of the (Kars -) Dogukapi - Ahuryan (- Tbilisi) line in July 1993, when Turkey closed its border with Armenia.
[D] Construction started in 2008 of a 105 km line between a junction east of Akhalkalaki (RK) and Mezra (TCDD), 13 km east of Kars - 29 km in Georgia and 76 km in Turkey. The line will be 1435 mm gauge, with gauge change facilities near Akhalkalaki.  Its purpose is to reestablish a rail link between Azerbaijan and Turkey through Georgia following closure of the (Kars -) Dogukapi - Ahuryan (- Tbilisi) line in July 1993, when Turkey closed its border with Armenia.


The project was originally to be completed by 2010 but has been delayed by "complex terrain in some regions of Georgia". The first test train between  Akhalkalaki and Kartsakhi ran in December 2014. The line is now expected to be complete by the end of 2015 although passenger services are unlikely to start before 2016.
The project was originally to be completed by 2010 but has been delayed by "complex terrain in some regions of Georgia". The first test train between  Akhalkalaki and Kartsakhi ran in December 2014. The Akhalkalaki- Kars section, which includes the cross-border crossing by tunnel and is being built by Turkey, had faced delays due to technical and legal problems. Freight services should start by the end of 2016 and passenger services during 2017.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 09:18, 23 March 2016

(Tbilisi - Marabda - Akhalkalaki -) Kartsakhi RK - border (- Mezra - Kars) TCDD

[D] Construction started in 2008 of a 105 km line between a junction east of Akhalkalaki (RK) and Mezra (TCDD), 13 km east of Kars - 29 km in Georgia and 76 km in Turkey. The line will be 1435 mm gauge, with gauge change facilities near Akhalkalaki. Its purpose is to reestablish a rail link between Azerbaijan and Turkey through Georgia following closure of the (Kars -) Dogukapi - Ahuryan (- Tbilisi) line in July 1993, when Turkey closed its border with Armenia.

The project was originally to be completed by 2010 but has been delayed by "complex terrain in some regions of Georgia". The first test train between Akhalkalaki and Kartsakhi ran in December 2014. The Akhalkalaki- Kars section, which includes the cross-border crossing by tunnel and is being built by Turkey, had faced delays due to technical and legal problems. Freight services should start by the end of 2016 and passenger services during 2017.

See also