What has been in the pipeline since early 2022 is now a reality. Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgian railways just sealed a deal to establish a joint venture on a parity basis. The new company will...Read more
Imports and exports of containerised goods via rail have been surging in Azerbaijan in the first three quarters of 2023. This was mentioned by ADY Container, which operates all container transportation within the country.Read more
For the first two quarters of 2023, the transit volumes of Azerbaijan Railways amounted to 3,527,698 tons, roughly 150.000 tons less than the same period last year. Transit traffic via Azerbaijan is relatively stagnant, with...Read more
Azerbaijan is developing into a crucial transport node. In 2022, Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) saw a considerable increase in cargo transport in both East-West and North-South directions. Enhanced traffic via the Middle Corridor as an alternative...Read more
For the first time since Azerbaijan company ADY Container added the Black Sea feeder services to its portfolio, Central Asian cargo found its way to Europe using it. The company deployed a multimodal service to...Read more
The reconstruction of the Sumqayit-Yalama railway line in Azerbaijan is proceeding at a quick pace. After the first 23 kilometres that were inaugurated with a train in late February, another 31,4 kilometres covering the section...Read more
Alstom in Kazakhstan has delivered the last of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A heavy freight locomotives to Azerbaijan Railways (ADY). This is a milestone, as it means the order from the Kazakh joint venture signed in...Read more
The Sumqayit-Yalama railway line in Azerbaijan saw the first trains running after its reconstruction. The line is part of the North-South transport corridor passing through Azerbaijan. Its reconstruction is regarded as an integral part of...Read more
The rail freight terminal in the Iranian town of Astara is continuing to strengthen its significance on the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). In 2019 it handled freight volumes by around 38 per cent more...Read more
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line connecting Azerbaijan to Turkey saw the longest freight train since its opening on its tracks last week. A 940-metre-long freight train consisting of 82 containers ran from Turkey via Georgia to...Read more
The Middle Corridor between China and Europe will have a new multimodal route. It will run via Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan instead of Kazakhstan. After crossing the Caspian Sea with a ferry, the new service...Read more
Six years after the official launch, the Marmaray Tunnel that connects the European and Asian part of Turkey has been opened for rail freight operations. As a result, containers from China to Europe could be...Read more
A new unique rail freight service has been launched from Xi’an in China to the Czech capital of Prague. It is a novelty in the sense that it runs uninterrupted from Baku to Europe, thanks...Read more
Alstom delivered the first of the forty Prima T8 “AZ8A” freight locomotives that will run on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars regional railway link to Azerbaijan Railways (ADY). The locomotive, produced at EKZ JV in Kazakhstan, arrived to Bilajary,...Read more
