Azerbaijan Railway Assessment
Azerbaijan State Railway (ASR) was established in 1880.
Currently, the total length of railways in Azerbaijan is 2944 km,
the length of operating railways - 2122 km, including 815 km -
double track line. According to the “Program of Azerbaijan
Railway for 2008-2011” the works on the design of high-speed
railway line Baku-Georgian border with 503 km length, which is the
central segment of TRACECA, have been implemented.
Particular importance is the construction of new railway section on
the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, 100 km, and the rehabilitation of
the railway infrastructure of the Baku-Tbilisi-border with Turkey
which will connect by rail area of Middle and Central Asia, through
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey with Europe. Trains which will come
from China and Kazakhstan through Central Asia, the Caspian region,
Baku and Tbilisi will be able to get to Istanbul, and then continue
through the tunnel under the Bosporus to proceed to Europe.
Railway Companies and Consortia
For information on Azerbaijan Railway contact details, please see the following links:
Azerbaijan Minitary of Transport
4.5 Azerbaijan Railway Company Contact List
Key Route Information
For information on Azerbaijan Railway Key Routes, please see the following document:
Key Stations
Baku Railway Station
The complex of buildings of Baku railway station consists of an old
Tiflis station, built in 1884, the new building of the
Baku-Passenger Station (60-70s of XX century) and Sabunchu station
(1924), specially built for the USSR's first electric trains which
had to carry the workers to the oil fields of Absheron
(Baku-Sabunchi).
Station complex is in the centre of town, next to 28th May
underground. International passenger traffic on the
Baku-Moscow-Baku, Baku-Astrakhan-Baku, Baku-Makhachkala-Baku,
Baku-Rostov-Baku, Baku-Tbilisi-Baku, Baku-Kharkov-Baku,
Baku-Odessa-Baku, Baku -Tyumen-Baku, Baku-Novosibirsk-Baku routes
is realized from here. Trains also make trips to Ganja, and
electric trains to Sumgait city, Hovsan and Mardakan
settlements.
Azerbaijan State Conservatory named after U.Hajibeyov, the National
Bank of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev Palace are situated some distance
far from the station complex.
Note that the realization of the tickets at the box office of the
Baku railway station is also carried out through POS-terminals
which allow the passengers to use bank cards such as Visa and
MasterCard in case of payment.
For information on Azerbaijan Railway construction and maintenance, please see the following documents:
