Tbilisi – Telavi railway line

Tbilisi – Telavi
Gurjaani station
Route length:	150 km
Gauge :	1520 mm / 1524 mm
Power system :	3000  =
Legend Poti – Baku railway from Batumi 0 Tbilisi Central Railway Station 1.0 Kilometer 2505 3.0 Kilometer 2507 4.0 Kilometer 2508 5.7 / 0 Navtlugi Poti – Baku railway line Tbilisi – Yerevan railway line 4.6 Aleksewka 9.0 Orchewi 11.2 Lilo 14.3 Lotschini 18.9 Wasiani 26.4 Samgori 33.2 Sartichala 36.1 Tori 41.0 Ninozminda 48.2 Sagaredscho 52.1 Tochliauri 54.0 Burdiani 57.3 Manawi 64.8 Kakabeti 70.1 Badiauri 74.3 Schabliani 80.2 Katschreti 84.4 Araschenda 89.0 / 0 Kilometer 89 10.0 Magaro 12.5 Kwemo-Bodbe 27.0 Gamardschweba 38.5 Dedoplis-Zkaro 96.0 Melaani 101.0 Chalaubani 107.2 Bardjishevi 109.0 Bakurziche 111.5 Chakdari 26.0 Znoris-Zkali 24.0 Maschnaari 19.8 Anaga 15.8 Kardanachi 116.3 / 0 Gurjaani 119.3 Tschumlaki 123.9 Achascheni 126.5 Mukusani 128.0 Wasisubani 133.2 Kalauri 134.0 Akura 135.8 Zinandali 138.0 Kilometer 138 139.0 Kondoli Industrial connection 144.4 Telavi Industrial connection

The Tbilisi – Telavi railway connects the capital of Georgia with the city of Telavi .

history

The line went into operation in January 1915 for freight traffic and on August 1, 1915 for passenger traffic . From 1959 to 1965 it was electrified . Today it is part of the railway infrastructure of the Georgian Railway, Sakartwelos Rkinigsa . Passenger traffic no longer takes place here.

The route is 150 kilometers long. It was built in Russian broad gauge and is electrified with 3000 V direct current throughout .

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, ge, ru).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robinson, pp. 15, 17.
2. ^ Homepage of the Georgian Railway.
3. ↑ Robinson, pp. 15, 17, plates 52-54.