Yerevan – Sotk railway line

Yerevan – Sotk
Nurnus train station
Route length:	207 km
Gauge :	1520 mm / 1524 mm
Power system :	3000  =
Legend Tbilisi – Yerevan railway line 0 Yerevan 5.0 Arabkir Yerevan -Almast 13.8 Kanaker 18.0 Balahowite 21.6 Abovyan Yerevan western bypass 30.8 Nurnus 39.9 Charentsavan 48.8 Solak Solak city 52.6 Kaghsi 55.4 Hrasdan Masch 56.9 Hrasdan 60.0 Atarbenian Ağstafa – Atarbenian railway line 65.2 Ddmaschen 72.6 Zaghkunk 77.3 Warrior 80.0 Sevan 85.9 island 90.8 Akhtamar 96.1 Zowagjugh 100.0 Schogher Arevik 108.7 Zizernak 115.0 Sepjur 121.6 Drachtik 127.5 Schorscha 139.7 Artanian 146.0 Jil 154.0 Areg Geghamasar formerly: Shishkaya Masrik earlier: Masra 190.0 Wardenis 196.0 Shatwan formerly: Narimanlu 201.0 Sotk 201.5 Connection Sotk Drus

The Yerevan – Sotk railway connects southeast Armenia by rail. The route was 207 kilometers long, of which today 128 km are again operated by the Harawkowkasjan Jerkatughi .

history

The line was built and opened in Russian broad gauge in several sections :

• Yerevan Central Railway Station - Arabkir: 1957 or earlier,
• Arabkir - Abovjan : 1957,
• Abovjan - Hrasdan : 1960,
• Hrasdan - Sevan : 1962,
• Sevan - Sotk: 1977.

The total distance was in sections 1962-1977 at 3000 V DC electrified .

In the conflicts following the independence of Armenia, the route was closed in May 1991. It was only put back into operation to a limited extent between Yerevan and Schordscha more than ten years later in April 2002; tourist trains initially ran during the summer season. The 2016 winter timetable, like the 2018 timetable, showed no traffic.

literature

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robinson, pp. 5f.
2. ↑ Robinson, p. 7, note 1.
3. ↑ Timetable of the Armenian Railway .