Transport in Georgia (country)

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 1.2 2007 1.3 Towns served by rail 2 Highways 3 Pipelines: 4 Black Sea Ports and harbors 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 6.1 Airports - with paved runways 6.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7 Notes 8 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 1,583 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km 1.520-m gauge (1993)

City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro).

• In April 2005, an agreement was signed to build a railway from Turkey through Georgia to Azerbaijan (see Kars Baku Tbilisi railway line) probably using Standard gauge (1435mm) supposedly so that it can eventually link with China. One Georgian border station is Akhalkalaki.
• In August 2007, Georgia handed over the management rights of the state-owned Georgian Railway company to the U.K.-based company Parkfield Investment for 89 years.^[1]

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• Russia - yes - (1524mm)
• Azerbaijan - yes - 1524mm with through Standard Gauge (1435mm) line proposed.

• Armenia - yes (1524mm)
• Turkey - yes - break-of-gauge with through Standard Gauge (1435mm) line proposed.

[edit] 2007

• February 7 - agreement signed for Kars-Tiblisi-Baku railway

[edit] Towns served by rail

• Poti - port
• Batumi - port
• Kutaisi
• Akhaltsike
• Ayrum

[edit] Highways

total: 20,700 km
paved: 19,354 km , mostly in bad condition
unpaved: 1,346 km (1996 est.)

See also: Georgian Military Road

[edit] Pipelines:

Crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992)

[edit] Black Sea Ports and harbors

Batumi, P'ot'i, Sukhumi

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 17 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 103,080 GRT/158,803 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 6 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

28 (1994 est.) In February 2007 new, brand modern and full equipped international Airport has been inaugurated in Tbilisi.

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1994 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Georgia
• List of Tbilisi metro stations

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