Afghanistan and Kazakhstan also winked at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Line, which will connect the three countries. With the project, 2015 million passengers will be transported in 1 and 2034 million in 3.
Two more countries showed interest in the Brotherhood Train. Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, which will combine the rail network in the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Line (BTK) end approached, to participate in more projects in the two countries from Asia came to the fore. Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov said that Afghanistan and Kazakhstan also showed interest in the BTK Railway Line Project, where test drives will begin by the end of this year. Mammadov stated that both countries are involved.
COST 500 MILLION $
Noting that the project started to be funded by the Azerbaijani public fund SOFAZ in 2007, Mammadov stated that more than 1 million passengers will be transported annually in the BTK corridor. Total cost of finding $ 500 million 105-kilometer line, meet the 295 million dollars in Turkey. Construction of the 76-kilometer part of the project between Kars and Georgia border has been completed. section that performs the construction of Turkey, according to double infrastructure was built as a single parent done. While Georgia received $ 200 million from Azerbaijan, about 30 kilometers from Ahilkelek up to the border with Turkey is building a new line of credit. This line will also overhaul the existing 160 km railway.
2034 MILLION PASSENGERS WILL CARRY IN 3
basis by third president of the country in 2008, when late in life thrown project in Central Asia to connect from there to Europe via Turkey, Caspian Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan over the last rail-sea expects to reach the Mediterranean with combined shipping. The project, which will carry 3 million tons of cargo per year, is planned to increase this number to 6.5 million passengers and 2034 million tons of cargo capacity in 3.
