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    South Caucasian railway intends to launch Armavir-Yerevan electric
    passenger train

    YEREVAN, July 3. /ARKA/. General of South Caucasus Railway CJSC Shevket
    Shaydulin and Governor of Armenia's Armavir region Ashot Kaghramanyan
    will launch Armavir-Yerevan electric passenger train on July 10,
    `Novosti-Armenia' news agency was told by the press-service of SRC
    CJSC. According to the company the decision was made during the meeting
    of Shaydulin and Kaghramanyan in Armavir on Wednesday.

    During their meeting the sides summed up the works of a joint
    commission created a month ago for the development of interrepublican
    railway communication. Specifically, the parties agreed to launch
    passenger electric train on July 10.

    According to Head of SCR Passenger Transportation Department Samvel
    Galechyan, transportation will take about 50 minutes. Transportation
    fee is oriented towards competition against automobile transportation:
    300 AMD for Armavir-Yerevan-Armavir ticket.

    Armavir-Yerevan-Armavir electric passenger train will run four times a
    day.

    `Launch of the electric train will be a great assistance for our
    population, - Kaghramanyan said, - We have managed to reach good
    results in only a month. This is an evidence of high professionalism of
    the people working at the railway of Armenia.'

    `The railway is an important factor in economic integration. We aim to
    bring RA regions closer to Yerevan to ensure business=2
    0and population
    activity. At the same time all necessary conditions will be created in
    Armavir to attract people from all over Armenia,' Shevket Shaydulin
    noted, adding that SCR will manage to attract entrepreneurs' interest
    to its extensive logistics chain.

    South Caucasian Railroad CJSC is the subsidiary of Russian Railroads
    OJSC and has a concession to run Armenian Railroads state CJSC (AR).
    SCR registered in fixed assets AR's rolling stock on June 1 2008, in
    accordance with the above mentioned concession to pass AR management
    for 30 years with a right to prolong for another ten years by mutual
    agreement. `0'

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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