SCR to launch regular electrical train between Armavir and Aragats

YEREVAN, October 27, /ARKA/. The South Caucasian Railways (SCR) company will launch a regular electrical train between Armavir and Aragats towns.

A press release by the company said the train will start running between the two towns on November 1.

The train will leave for Aragats at 12.40 pm and arrive at 13.57 pm and will set off back to Armavir at 14.20 pm., the press release said. The fair for one way trip will be 300 Drams. Students will pay 150 Drams.

In 2007 the Armenian government called a tender for a 30-year concession to modernize and operate Armenian Railways. An Indian RITES and Russian Railways companies qualified to bid, but the Indian company withdrew later.

The Russian Railways was the only bidder and has set up South Caucasian Railway as a subsidiary to run the Armenian Railway. On the 1st of June 2008 South Caucasus Railways has officially started commercial operations under a concession agreement.

In that connection, by 1 June 2008, SCR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Russian Railways, received the property owned by Armenian Railways consisting of 2,000 freight cars, 58 passenger coaches, 85 locomotives and 30 electric trains. The concession agreement was concluded for 30 years, with a right of extension for another 20 years after the first 20 years of operation. -0-