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Transport in Georgia (country)

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For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.

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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.
  • 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.
  • 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) line under construction.

    • 2007

  • February 7 - agreement signed for Kars-Tiblisi-Baku railway

    • Towns served by rail

  • Poti - port
  • Batumi - port
  • Kutaisi
  • Akhaltsike

    • Highways

    The road network in Georgia consists of 1,603 kilometers of main or international highways that are considered to be in good condition and some 18,821 kilometers of secondary and local roads that are, generally, in poor condition. Only 7,854 km out of over 20,000 km of Georgian roads are paved.

    Motorways

    Georgia has a small motorway system, that is currently under development, essentially when the motorway will be finished will link Tbilisi, the capital, and Batumi, Georgia's second largest city. The multilane road is part of the S1 highway, which runs from Mukhatgverdi (Tbilisi West) until Agarebi, a village near Khashuri, and has a length of 110 km, bypassing Mtskheta and Gori.

    Pipelines

    Crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992)

    Black Sea Ports and harbors

    Batumi, Poti, Sokhumi, Kulevi Oil Terminal

    Merchant marine


    total: 17 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 103,080 GRT/158,803 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
    ships by type: cargo ship 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 6 (1999 est.)

    Airports

    28 (1994 est.) In February 2007 a brand new, modern and fully equipped international Airport was inaugurated in Tbilisi.

  • Tbilisi - Shota Rustaveli Airport
  • Batumi - Alexander kartveli Airport
  • Kutaisi - David The Builder Airport
  • Mestia - Queen Tamar Airport
  • Ambrolauri - Ambrolauri Airport
  • Poti - Poti International Airport

    • Airports - with paved runways


    total: 14
    over 3,047 m: 1
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
    914 to 1,523 m: 1
    under 914 m: 1 (1994 est.)

    Airports - with unpaved runways


    total: 14
    over 3,047 m: 1
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
    914 to 1,523 m: 5
    under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)

    References

    Transport in Georgia (country) Wikipedia
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