Azerbaijan Railways works to restore train traffic on Baku-Astara route

Azerbaijan Railways JSC carries out works to restore train traffic on the Baku-Astara route, stopped because of problems caused by rise in water level in the Kur River, the head of JSC the press service Nadir Azmammadov said.

The 14-carriages train Baku-Astara-Horadiz moves up to Shirvan station in a single composition, which is divided into a route of Baku-Astara and Baku-Horadiz. Currently, the movement of train to Horadiz continues, but to Astara was suspended. 300 people are transported in the direction of Astara per day.

According to Azmammadov, problems have arisen because of the flood on the line Osmanli-Azadkend. Measures were taken for the passage of water through the road surfaces.


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