Railroad museum opens in Yerevan
01.08.2009,
00:30
The South Caucasus Railways company opened a railway museum in Central railway station building in Yerevan on Friday.
YEREVAN, July 31. /ARKA/. The South Caucasus Railways company opened a railway museum in Central railway station building in Yerevan on Friday.
According to Chief Engineer Sergey Harutyunyan, the opening of the museum is timed with the International Railway Day, which is celebrated on August 2nd.
"The museum presents the history of the Armenian railway, starting from 1896 till our days. There are 10 stands, each of which shows a certain period in the history of the railway. Some of the exhibits are gifts from the Russian Railways ", Harutyunyan said.
The creation of the museum cost about 22 thousand dollars.
"The opening of the railway museum is due to the need to introduce the new generation with the history of the railways in Armenia and the people who stood at its foundation," the chief engineer of the company said.
CJSC South Caucasus Railways, the “daughter” of OJSC Russian Railways, manages the Armenian Railways.
The company balanced the rolling stock of the Armenian Railways on June 1st, 2008, in accordance with the concession contract on the transfer of state CJSC Armenian Railway for a 30 year management by the company with the right to prolong for another 10 years by mutual agreement,dated on February 13, 2008
The amount of investments in the railway system of Armenia in 2009 will be 2.6 billion rubles. --0-
According to Chief Engineer Sergey Harutyunyan, the opening of the museum is timed with the International Railway Day, which is celebrated on August 2nd.
"The museum presents the history of the Armenian railway, starting from 1896 till our days. There are 10 stands, each of which shows a certain period in the history of the railway. Some of the exhibits are gifts from the Russian Railways ", Harutyunyan said.
The creation of the museum cost about 22 thousand dollars.
"The opening of the railway museum is due to the need to introduce the new generation with the history of the railways in Armenia and the people who stood at its foundation," the chief engineer of the company said.
CJSC South Caucasus Railways, the “daughter” of OJSC Russian Railways, manages the Armenian Railways.
The company balanced the rolling stock of the Armenian Railways on June 1st, 2008, in accordance with the concession contract on the transfer of state CJSC Armenian Railway for a 30 year management by the company with the right to prolong for another 10 years by mutual agreement,dated on February 13, 2008
The amount of investments in the railway system of Armenia in 2009 will be 2.6 billion rubles. --0-
