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Total length of Azerbaijani railways reaches almost 3,000 km

06 January 2011 [14:38] - TODAY.AZ
The total length of railways in Azerbaijan is 2,929.4 km, 2,099.7 of which are operational, JSC Azerbaijan Railways website reported.
According to the report, citing the JSC chief engineer Gurban Nazirov, 804.7 km of the total length of railways, which are in operation, are two-lane roads.

Moreover, 1271.4 km or 60% of railways in operation are electrified and 1,650 kilometers are equipped with an automated signal system, the report said.

The first railway with a length of 20 km has been built in Azerbaijan on the Baku-Surakhani-Sabunchi route.


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