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YEREVAN-BATUMI-YEREVAN TRAIN TRANSPORTS ABOUT 15,000 ARMENIAN HOLIDAY MAKERS
ARKA
September 8, 2009
Yerevan
Some 14,523 Armenian holiday-makers have traveled this year by train to
Batumi, the capital of Georgia's autonomous region of Ajaria, a popular
holiday destination for Armenians, the press service of the South
Caucasian Railway (formerly Armenian Railways) company said to ARKA.
The railway link between the Armenian capital and the Georgian
resort town on the Black Sea coast reopened in 2006 after 14 years
of halt. The train from Yerevan makes stops in Gyumri, Vanadzor and
Sanahin stations in Armenia before crossing the border into Georgia.
Comfortable trains with double and four-passenger compartments are
running between Yerevan and Batumi from June 15 to September 15.
The South Caucasian Railways was placed under the concessional
management of Russian Railways company for a term of 30 years. The
agreement can be prolonged for another 10 years given the accord of
both parties. M.M.
ARKA
September 8, 2009
Yerevan
Some 14,523 Armenian holiday-makers have traveled this year by train to
Batumi, the capital of Georgia's autonomous region of Ajaria, a popular
holiday destination for Armenians, the press service of the South
Caucasian Railway (formerly Armenian Railways) company said to ARKA.
The railway link between the Armenian capital and the Georgian
resort town on the Black Sea coast reopened in 2006 after 14 years
of halt. The train from Yerevan makes stops in Gyumri, Vanadzor and
Sanahin stations in Armenia before crossing the border into Georgia.
Comfortable trains with double and four-passenger compartments are
running between Yerevan and Batumi from June 15 to September 15.
The South Caucasian Railways was placed under the concessional
management of Russian Railways company for a term of 30 years. The
agreement can be prolonged for another 10 years given the accord of
both parties. M.M.