Yerevan – Jolfa railway line

Yerevan – Jolfa
Train in Jerasch station
Route length:	216 km
Gauge :	1520 mm / 1524 mm
Power system :	3000  =
Legend from Sotk 365.0 Yerevan 359.1 Noragwit Yerevan bypass 353.3 0.0 Kilometer 2865 from and to Tbilisi 22.0 Mchtschjan Dalar 32.2 Artashat Mine connection JUVA Schampajn Nor Kjank 43.6 Ajgawan Ajgawan city Avshar Ararat city 51.3 Ararat Cement factory Sod 59.0 Surenawan 63.0 Armash 66.9 Jerasch Armenia / Azerbaijan ( Nakhichevan ) 72.8 Sədərək 79.1 Welidag 86.0 Km 526 91.2 Şərur Ilichevsk Zavod (mine connection) 92.3 İliç 94.6 Dərvişlər 98.4 Taşarx 105.4 Püsyan 109.3 Qıvraq 117.4 Şahtaxtı 130.7 Kargalug 145.2 0.0 Basbaşı 10.0 Solprom mine 157.4 Naxçıvan 160.0 Tumbul 165.0 Babek 168.1 Gara Bork 178.0 Negram 191.0 Dorasham 202.5 Culfa Streckelət – Culfa railway line Macaws ; Azerbaijan ( Nakhchivan ) / Iran Dscholfa to Tabriz ( standard gauge )

The Yerevan – Jolfa railway was the only rail link between Russia , later the Soviet Union , and Iran .

history

The line was built in Russian broad gauge and extended to the Iranian border in 1908. Cross-border operations began in 1914, but the connection to the Iranian railway network was not established until 1958 with the Tabriz – Jolfa line. Between 1969 and 1988, the route was at 3000 volts DC electrified .

After the independence of Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1991, the route came to a standstill in its southern part in the Azerbaijani exclave Nakhichevan . Due to the conflict between the two states over Nagorno-Karabakh , all rail traffic between them has been interrupted since 1989. Cross-border rail traffic in Jolfa has also been suspended since then.

There are contradicting data on rail traffic in Nakhchivan. The route is listed on a Russian drawing from 2005.

traffic

In the Armenian section of the route in is passenger from a pair of trains daily between Yerevan and Jerasch busy. Rail traffic to and in Nakhchivan is at a standstill. In order to enable the north-south rail traffic between Russia , other affected CIS states and Iran, which had been disrupted , some rail projects were started. These include border crossings between Astara (Azerbaijan) and Astara (Iran) (under construction) and between Turkmenistan and Iran near Saraqs / Seraqs .

→ Main article : North-South Railway (Iran)

The project of a direct rail link between Armenia and Iran required a new line that would run parallel to the existing line exclusively over Armenian territory, but through very mountainous terrain. This route is politically desirable, but probably not affordable.

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. 5f, 9, 19.
2. ↑ Robinson, pp. 6, 9.
3. ↑ Robinson, p. 22, note 11.
4. ↑ http://www.parovoz.com/maps/azer_rail.JPG
5. ↑ The Armenian Railway Timetable for the route .
6. ↑ HaRakevet 95 (December 2011), 95:08 Other Middle East Railways, C. Iran, (v) Armenia Plans Direct Link with Iran , p. 17.