South Caucasus Railways trains transport 48,00 people to Batumi and back to Yerevan
06.10.2011,
01:11
The Russian-run South Caucasus Railways company that operates Armenia’s railroads, said its trains that ran between Yerevan and Batumi, a popular holiday destination for Armenians on the Black Sea coast in neighbouring Georgia, transported 42,000 passenge
YEREVAN, October 5. / ARKA /. The Russian-run South Caucasus Railways company that operates Armenia’s railroads, said its trains that ran between Yerevan and Batumi, a popular holiday destination for Armenians on the Black Sea coast in neighbouring Georgia, transported 42,000 passengers during the season that ended in late September. According to last year's statistics, the trains transported 39,000 people.
According to a company’s press release, train tickets were sold this summer for the first time also in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic where 188 tickets were bought. The trains ran daily from June 15 to September 30. It took 16 hours and 37 minutes to travel from Yerevan to Batumi and the travel in the opposite direction took 16 hours 55 minutes.
This year the company launched Orion automated ticket sales and reservation system. The system is part of the government-designed reform to improve the quality of services offered to railway passengers. It rules out many inaccuracies like selling one and the same ticket to two different passengers.
The South Caucasus Railways is run by Russian Railways. The concessional agreement was concluded in 2008 for 30 years, with a right of extension for another 20 years after the first 20 years of operation.-0-
According to a company’s press release, train tickets were sold this summer for the first time also in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic where 188 tickets were bought. The trains ran daily from June 15 to September 30. It took 16 hours and 37 minutes to travel from Yerevan to Batumi and the travel in the opposite direction took 16 hours 55 minutes.
This year the company launched Orion automated ticket sales and reservation system. The system is part of the government-designed reform to improve the quality of services offered to railway passengers. It rules out many inaccuracies like selling one and the same ticket to two different passengers.
The South Caucasus Railways is run by Russian Railways. The concessional agreement was concluded in 2008 for 30 years, with a right of extension for another 20 years after the first 20 years of operation.-0-
