Ağstafa – Atarbenian railway line

Agstafa-Atarbian
Route length:	125 km
Gauge :	1520 mm ( Russian gauge )
Power system :	3000  =
Legend Railway Poti – Baku from Baku 0 Agstafa to Tbilisi , Poti and Batumi 10.4 Poyli Novaya 11.8 / 0 Qazax 12.0 The Salaxli Mine connection 29.9 Burxudarlı Azerbaijan / Armenia 44.2 Ijevan 52.3 Lusabats 61.0 Gosch 80.0 Dilijan 96.0 Bosigech 108.0 Kilometer 108 111.4 Megradzor 119.6 Kakawadsor Yerevan – Sotk railway from Sotk 125.4 Atarbenian Yerevan – Sotk railway line to Yerevan

The Ağstafa – Atarbenian railway was the central section of the railway connection between Baku and Yerevan .

Location in the network

The line connected to the Poti – Baku railway line in the north at the Ağstafa station ( Azerbaijan ) . In the south it flowed into the Yerevan – Sotk railway at Atarbenian station ( Armenia ) .

history

The line was built in two sections in " Soviet " broad gauge of 1520 mm: in 1972 the section from Ağstafa to Ischewan, mainly located in Azerbaijan . This was subsequently electrified in 1985/1986 with 3000 volts direct current . In 1986, the southern section from Ijevan to Atarbenian was put into operation - in fact, electrically. Due to the conflict between the two soon-to-be-independent states around Nagorno-Karabakh that broke out when the Soviet Union dissolved , passenger traffic on the route was discontinued in 1989 and goods traffic in 1990. Since then, operations have been on the line.

literature

• Neil Robinson: World Rail Atlas . Vol. 8: The Middle East and Caucasus . 2006. ISBN 954-12-0128-8 .

Web links

• Homepage of the Armenian Railway (en)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robinson, pp. 6, 8.