BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 18. A total of 1.5 million tons of cargo and 713,700 passengers were transported by railway transport in Azerbaijan in January 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Statistics Committee shows that, compared to January 2024, a 9.6 percent growth was recorded in cargo transportation, and a 14.6 percent increase in passenger transportation.
On average, 436 wagons were loaded and 421 wagons were unloaded per day.
During the day, 19,300 tons of railway were loaded in the Northern direction, 3,200 tons in the Western direction, and 700 tons in the Southern direction.
Azerbaijan Railways is the state-owned national rail transport provider in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The 2,918 km (1,813 mi) network, with a 1,520 mm gauge, is electrified at 3 kV (3,000 V) DC. The Azerbaijan Railways headquarters is located in the capital, Baku. The inaugural railway line in Azerbaijan was constructed in 1878 and inaugurated in 1880 in the outskirts of Baku. The railway comprises 176 stations, of which Bilajari (in Baku) and Shirvan are fully automated. Twelve stations include container courts equipped with specialized mechanisms and machinery, while three stations—Keshla (in Baku), Ganja, and Khirdalan—are capable of handling high freight containers. In conjunction with the Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway, a regional rail link project that has directly connected Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan since 2017, Azerbaijan is modernizing its railway lines with new high-speed rolling stock to replace the outdated equipment.