The work on the Georgian section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is nearing completion. According to CJSC Azerbaijani Railways, locomotives operating on diesel fuel have already been run in a testing mode. They can move all the way unimpeded.
Recently at the Akhalkalaki station an approbation was held for the shift of a freight wagon from the 1,520 mm standard to the narrow-gauge Turkish railway of 1,435 mm.
There was also an experiment of passing a multi-ton container from car to car by a 40-ton crane.
Construction of the railway Baku-Tbilisi-Kars started in 2007. Start-up of the road is expected in the first half of 2017. -03D-
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Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis ratified the second amendment to the agreement on the joint development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oil and gas block during its plenary session on Wednesday. The bill was submitted to parliament as a legislative initiative by President Ilham Aliyev.
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