Railways
total: 1,683 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) gauge (1993)
narrow gauge: 100 km of 914 mm (3 ft) gauge.
City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro).
- In April 2005, an agreement was signed to build a railway from Turkey through Georgia to Azerbaijan (see Kars Baku Tbilisi railway line). The line under construction is using Standard gauge until Akhalkalaki. There will be axle change station for wagons to proceed with broad gauge to Baku. [1]
- In August 2007, Georgia handed over the management rights of the state-owned Georgian Railway company to the U.K.-based company Parkfield Investment for 89 years. [2]
Railway links with adjacent countries
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Russia - yes - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) - via the breakaway Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia - closed for political reasons. -
Azerbaijan - yes - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in). -
Armenia - yes 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) -
Turkey - yes - break-of-gauge with through 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Standard Gauge).
2007
- February 7 - agreement signed for Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway
Towns served by rail
- Poti - port
- Batumi - port
- Kutaisi
- Akhaltsike
