Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan train carried 6173 passengers in a month

YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. “Armenia” branded Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan train of South Caucasian Railway (SCR) transported 6,173 in one month, up by 27 % from a year earlier, the company reported Thursday to ARKA.

At the same time passengers of Yerevan-Batumi train accounted 3,804 people which is 15% higher than last year. In the opposite direction CJSC "SCR" has transported 2,369 passengers, more than in 2011 by 53%.

“The average population of the trains during the specified period was 21 people per car which is 62% higher than last year when the average population was 13 people per car,” the source says.

All in all, in the period from 1 June to 15 July 14,117 tickets were sold for "Armenia" brand train which is 9% above last year's figure of 13,861 tickets. Moreover, from the sold tickets in 2012, 11,875 tickets were sold at the box offices of SCR, and the 2242 tickets in the box offices of the Georgian Railway.

Most tickets have been sold in Yerevan - 10 335. Some 729 tickets were sold in Vanadzor, 646 tickets in Gyumri and 112 tickets in Armavir.

South Caucasus Railways, a 100-percent subsidiary of Russian Railways, runs Armenian Railway. 

Armenian Railways was handed over to the South Caucasus Railways on February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to prolong the management term for other 10 years.-0-