Azerbaijan Emphasizes Surge In Capacity Of Upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project

2026-06-03 04:37:57

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 3. The capacity of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars (BTK) railway line has increased from 1 million to 5 million tons per year following the completion of modernization work, significantly strengthening the Middle Corridor's role in international freight transportation, Advisor to the Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways, Emil Mammadov, said at the 2nd Caspian International Forum on "Transport, transit, and logistics" in Baku, Trend reports.

According to him, an official event dedicated to the full commissioning of the modernized BTK railway line was held the previous day.

Mammadov noted that Azerbaijan's geographical location and the development of international transport corridors passing through the country are currently the focus of attention at both the regional and global levels.

He emphasized that the development of the Middle Corridor and the implementation of the Zangezur Corridor project, which will increase the capacity of Azerbaijan's transport system several times and create additional opportunities for growth in freight traffic, play a key role in further expanding the country's transit potential.

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