Georgia Railway Assessment
Georgian Railway LLC (GR) intends to improve the safety and
efficiency of their railway operations by constructing a new
section of railway track bypassing the central part of Tbilisi and
upgrading the existing stations of Didube and Navtlughi. GR has
approached the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance the
Tbilisi Railway Bypass project.
According to Georgian law, the potential environmental impacts of
the project must be evaluated by an Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) process and documented in an environmental impact statement.
As part of their decision-making process, EBRD and EIB require an
evaluation of the proposed project through an Environmental and
Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) that meets EBRD and some other
international guidelines. The development of both, the Georgian EIA
and EBRD’s ESIA are being consolidated into one process and
documented in this single report.
The railroad is the main mode of transport for cargo that arrives in Georgia through the ports of Poti and Batumi. The Georgian railroad also serves the two other landlocked south Caucasus countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan. There is also a link with the Russian Federation that runs through the rebellious region of Abkhazia and which therefore is in disuse
From the coast the railroad travels through West Georgia via the
town of Kutaisi, through the mountains, to Tbilisi. From here it
travels further to Yerevan in Armenia and Baku in
Azerbaijan. There are also a number of minor lines servicing
the major towns of the different regions in Georgia. The
freight transportation maximum in Caucasus (Georgia and Armenia)
was in 1985 and reached 63.1 million mt
However, after disintegration of a former USSR economical links
were broken up and freight transportation fell down to 4.6 million
mt by 1995 but in the following years the volume moved
increased
Specific gravity of Georgian railway in every kind of the freight transportation is about 90%. Existing technical equipment makes possible Georgian railway to transit 25-30 million mt of cargo per year. Within the Georgian setting the railways can be considered as one of the few (semi-) Government systems that operate quite efficiently. This is among others the result of the realization that due to its strategic position relative to the two other Southern Caucasus countries, it has a major role as transit country with the nearest port. In addition, construction of the new link connecting Azeri and Georgian railway systems to turkey has been agreed between the 3 countries but construction has not started yet due to tender announcement
Railway Companies and Consortia
For information on Georgia Railway company contact details, please see the following link:
4.9 Georgia Railway Company Contact List
For information on Georgia Railway additional details and pictures, please see the following document:
Georgia Railway Additional Info
Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.
