YEREVAN TO HOST SESSION OF CIS RAILWAY COUNCIL'S PASSENGER SERVICE COMMISSION
YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. The passenger traffic service commission of
the Railway Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States will
hold its 15th session in Yerevan on March 4-6, the press office of
the South Caucasus Railway CJSC reported on Monday. Representatives
of railway authorities in Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania,
Latvia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Estonia
will attend the event.
The results of the passenger service's work in 2014, ways of mutual
decrease of prices by Moldova and Belarus and other issues will be
discussed at the session.
The Council was established on February 14, 1992 for coordinating
railways' work at interstate level and outlining general principles
for activity.
The Council's members are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
and Ukraine.
Its associate members are Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia and Finland.
Lithuania and Estonia participate in the council's activity on
contractual basis.
The International Confederation of Railway Workers and Transport
Builders' Trade Unions and Iran's Railways are observers at the
council.
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 ten years. --0---
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YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. The passenger traffic service commission of
the Railway Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States will
hold its 15th session in Yerevan on March 4-6, the press office of
the South Caucasus Railway CJSC reported on Monday. Representatives
of railway authorities in Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania,
Latvia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Estonia
will attend the event.
The results of the passenger service's work in 2014, ways of mutual
decrease of prices by Moldova and Belarus and other issues will be
discussed at the session.
The Council was established on February 14, 1992 for coordinating
railways' work at interstate level and outlining general principles
for activity.
The Council's members are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
and Ukraine.
Its associate members are Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia and Finland.
Lithuania and Estonia participate in the council's activity on
contractual basis.
The International Confederation of Railway Workers and Transport
Builders' Trade Unions and Iran's Railways are observers at the
council.
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 ten years. --0---
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/yerevan_to_host_session_of_cis_railway_council_s_p assenger_service_commission_/#sthash.L8Ut7JOn.dpuf