Rioni – Tqibuli railway line

Rioni-Tqibuli
ВЛ22М (WL22M) 1483 with a passenger train in Chressili
Route length:	52 km
Gauge :	1520 mm / 1524 mm
Power system :	3000  =
Legend Railway Poti – Baku from Baku 0 Rioni according to Poti 7.9 Kutaisi 1 (Kutaisi Tschawtschawadsis Kutscha) 15.0 Kilometer 15 17.2 Gelati 21.0 Courses 24.1 Orpiri 27.0 Chkepi 32.0 Chressili 35.0 Daba-Dsweli 39.0 Sazire 44.0 Kilometer 44 48.7 Tqibuli 1 49.0 0.0 2.5 Tqibuli Kopi 52.0 Tqibuli 2 The route table only names operating locations with names. There are individual further breakpoints.

The Rioni – Tqibuli railway connects the Georgian mining town of Tqibuli with Kutaisi , the country's second largest city.

history

Train with Fairlie locomotive of Ф series in Tkibuli (1890s)

ВЛ22М (WL22M) 1483 with a passenger train in Tqibuli-2 station (2015)

ВЛ10 (WL10) 1640 with freight train in Orpiri (2015)

After the western section of the Poti – Baku main line was opened in 1872, the first branching line from Rioni station to Kutaisi went into operation before the main line to Baku was completed . In 1887 it was extended to Tqibuli , where large coal mines were connected. The entire line was electrified in 1946 and 1947 , primarily to increase the capacity of the line and to be able to drive more coal. In 1999 the section between Rioni and Kutaisi was renewed.

Since the renovation in 2010, Kutaisi-1 station has been used by most of the passenger trains ending in Kutaisi ; only the trains to Zqaltubo serve Kutaisi-2 station on the Brozeula – Zqaltubo line . There are two pairs of trains to and from Tbilisi and one to and from Batumi every day . Two pairs of trains run from Kutaisi-1 to Tqibuli-2. Branch lines that were previously in Tqibuli have all been shut down and dismantled.

technical features

The route is 52 kilometers long. It was built in the Russian broad gauge and is electrified with 3000 V direct current throughout . The intermediate station Kutaisi Tschawtschawadsis Kutscha , referred to in the timetable as "Kutaisi 1", is a terminus station .

See also

Notes on the gauge: gauge (railway), measurement method of the Russian gauge or Russian broad gauge .

literature

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

Web links

• Homepage of the Georgian Railway (en, ka, ru).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robinson, p. 15.
2. ↑ Thea Kvastiani et al. a .: Georgia . 5th edition, Berlin 2010, p. 325.
3. ↑ Timetable of local trains on the Sakartwelos Rkinigsa side
4. ↑ see OSM
5. ↑ Robinson, p. 15, plate 55.