BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 28
Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
The electrification of the part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway passing through Georgia has been completed, Trend reports referring to the statement of the project's leadership from the Georgian side.
According to the report, modern equipment from Siemens, Secheron, and other leading companies was used to supply electricity, and a total of 8 substations were installed.
It should be noted that 82 percent of the BTK construction work has been completed.
The BTK railway was built on the basis of an Azerbaijani-Georgian-Turkish intergovernmental agreement. BTK allows to significantly reduces the time of delivery of goods from China to Europe through Azerbaijan, which makes this route especially attractive.
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