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Students touring Armenia's railway to come to know its history
YEREVAN, September 27. /ARKA/. Armenian students toured Armenia's
railway on Saturday and saw the documents, photographs and samples of
the railway equipment and models of trains of various periods of the
railway's history displayed in the Armenian Railway Museum.
The trip is organized by the country's culture ministry and the South
Caucasus Railway as part of the European Heritage Days 'A Look Back
100 Years Later' dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the beginning
of World War I.
The students got information about the whole way of their country's
railway development starting from July 5, 1895, when Emperor Nicholas
II signed a decree ordering construction of Tiflis-Kars Railway.
They also visited in Yerevan Railway Station the exhibition dedicated
to the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Baikal-Amur Mainline
construction, in which Armenian railway workers have taken part.
The participants of the trip also traveled to Gyumri by train. A
documentary about participation of Armenians in World War I will be
shown to them in the city. The students will also see the Armenian
Railway's equipment displayed in Gryumri's museum.
South Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, runs
Armenian Railway, which was handed over to the South Caucasus Railway
on February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to
prolong the management term for other 10 years. --0---
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YEREVAN, September 27. /ARKA/. Armenian students toured Armenia's
railway on Saturday and saw the documents, photographs and samples of
the railway equipment and models of trains of various periods of the
railway's history displayed in the Armenian Railway Museum.
The trip is organized by the country's culture ministry and the South
Caucasus Railway as part of the European Heritage Days 'A Look Back
100 Years Later' dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the beginning
of World War I.
The students got information about the whole way of their country's
railway development starting from July 5, 1895, when Emperor Nicholas
II signed a decree ordering construction of Tiflis-Kars Railway.
They also visited in Yerevan Railway Station the exhibition dedicated
to the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Baikal-Amur Mainline
construction, in which Armenian railway workers have taken part.
The participants of the trip also traveled to Gyumri by train. A
documentary about participation of Armenians in World War I will be
shown to them in the city. The students will also see the Armenian
Railway's equipment displayed in Gryumri's museum.
South Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, runs
Armenian Railway, which was handed over to the South Caucasus Railway
on February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to
prolong the management term for other 10 years. --0---
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/students_touring_armenia_s_railway_to_come_to_know _its_history_/#sthash.JjFIGQ85.dpuf