Construction of railway from Charbakh metro station to Zvartnots airport to be over in 2-3 years

YEREVAN, May 15. /ARKA/. The construction of a railway from Charbakh Metro station in Yerevan to Armenia’s Zvartnots international airport will be completed in two to three years, Sergey Harutyunian, the chief engineer of South Caucasus railways, told reporters today. 

He said the railway line will be used for transportation of passengers and cargo. The preliminary cost of the project is $2.7 million. He said potential participants of the project have not been determined, and this issue is still under discussion. 

On May 4 the chief executive officer of the Russian-led South Caucasus Railways (SCR) company Viktor Rebets, Armenian minister of transport and communications Manuk Vardanyan and general manager of Armenia International Airports, operating Armenia’s largest Zvartnots airport, Marcelo Wende signed a Memorandum of Intent for the construction of a railway to Zvartnots international airport.

The railway, according to the SCR, will be 7,800 meters long, of which 5,350 meters will be a new railway line. The project includes construction of an 810 meters long tunnel. This railway will connect the passenger terminal of Zvartnots airport with Charbakh Metro station and the airport’s cargo terminal with Karmir Blur railway station.

The memorandum was signed in view of the government’s strategic program of establishment of logistical center and a free economic zone near Zvartnots airport. In accordance with the memorandum, the parties agreed to appoint responsible persons who will be given three months to develop proposals on the feasibility of the project.  -0-