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BRANCH LINE UNDER REPAIR TO RESUME FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
ARKA
Aug 20, 2008
YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. Armenian specialists, together with
their Georgian colleagues, carried out repair works at a branch line
bypassing the damaged section of Gori-Tbilisi railroad, the Ministry
of Transport reported.
As from August 17 a group of Armenian specialists participates in
repair of the railway bridge 40 kilometers away from Gori toward
Tbilisi. The bridge was blown up on August 16.
The decision to repair the bypass branch line was made to resume
freight transportation to Armenia as soon as possible, the Press
Secretary of Armenian Ministry of Transport Susanna Tonoyan said in
her interview to ARKA Agency. Armenian specialists completed their
work and are currently returning to Yerevan. The repaired branch line
is being tested now, she said.
"The new branch line goes in parallel with the old one without
extending the cargo travel line," Tonoyan said. Yet, she refrained
from mentioning the exact date of commissioning of the new railroad
line saying that details will come out after the group of Armenian
specialists is back to Yerevan.
The Press Secretary also pointed out that the number of stuck railway
cars with cargoes (72 cars) for Armenia did not grow over the days
of demurrage.
According to the Ministry of Transport, shipping companies delivered
62 cars of various cargoes to Armenia on=2 0August 16 - before the
bridge was blown up.
ARKA
Aug 20, 2008
YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. Armenian specialists, together with
their Georgian colleagues, carried out repair works at a branch line
bypassing the damaged section of Gori-Tbilisi railroad, the Ministry
of Transport reported.
As from August 17 a group of Armenian specialists participates in
repair of the railway bridge 40 kilometers away from Gori toward
Tbilisi. The bridge was blown up on August 16.
The decision to repair the bypass branch line was made to resume
freight transportation to Armenia as soon as possible, the Press
Secretary of Armenian Ministry of Transport Susanna Tonoyan said in
her interview to ARKA Agency. Armenian specialists completed their
work and are currently returning to Yerevan. The repaired branch line
is being tested now, she said.
"The new branch line goes in parallel with the old one without
extending the cargo travel line," Tonoyan said. Yet, she refrained
from mentioning the exact date of commissioning of the new railroad
line saying that details will come out after the group of Armenian
specialists is back to Yerevan.
The Press Secretary also pointed out that the number of stuck railway
cars with cargoes (72 cars) for Armenia did not grow over the days
of demurrage.
According to the Ministry of Transport, shipping companies delivered
62 cars of various cargoes to Armenia on=2 0August 16 - before the
bridge was blown up.