BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 9. Since 2020, over 14,000 trains have hit the tracks, and a whopping 19,470 TEU containers of cargo have made their way down the China (Zhejiang)-Europe Railway Express route.
The data obtained by Trend via Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY) shows that the volume of cargo shipped from January through August of this year amounted to 4,182 TEU containers.
To note, the China (Zhejiang)-Europe Railway Express route passes through more than 50 countries, more than 160 cities and regions, the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, as well as 26 international transport routes.
The path winds through various stops and points, helping to keep operations on an even keel and avoiding the traffic jam blues on the routes.
Concurrently, the optimization of trade dynamics is enhanced through the strategic alignment of block train configurations with specific cargo classifications.
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 Türkiye, Georgia, and Azerbaijan since 2017, Azerbaijan is modernizing its railway lines with new high-speed rolling stock to replace the outdated equipment.
