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Azerbaijan Railways

Azerbaijan Railways is the national state-owned rail transport operator in Azerbaijan. The 2,918 km, 1,520 mm gauge network is electrified at 3 kV DC. The headquarters of the Azerbaijan Railways is in the capital Baku.

First China-Azerbaijan container block train of 2021 departs from China

The first container train China – Azerbaijan departed from Qingdao (China) – February 1, 2021 Despite the COVID 19 pandemic difficulties in the...

ADY Express increases transport of export-oriented goods by the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK)

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – On January 12, ADY Express LLC, part of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, started transporting export-oriented...

Iran’s Astara terminal sees increased cargo handling

Astara, Iran (PortSEurope) January 8, 2021 – ADY Express LLC, operator of the Astara cargo terminal in Iran, has reported increased cargo handling by the...

First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 – A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed for...

Baku port could benefit from Swiss interest

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has said that it sees the country’s...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan discuss Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor project

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have discussed joint projects related to Trans-Caspian International Transport...

Azerbaijani Railways improves North-South transport corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 25, 2020 – Azerbaijani Railways has started reconstruction of the Guzdek-Garadagh railway that will help the...

Baku port: Container Trains from China to Turkey arriving faster

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – ADY Container, a subsidiary company of Azerbaijan Railways, the members of the Trans-Caspian International...

Secretary General of TRACECA talks with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Azerbaijan

On 16 July 2020 Mr Assavbayev A. A., Secretary-General of TRACECA, and H. E. Mr Zakhari Gross, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the...

New record time for China-Turkey container train

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The local ADY Container has reported that together with other members of the Trans-Caspian International...

Azerbaijan’s АDY Container LLC reveals data on cargo traffic via Central Asia

May 19, 2020 Transit container traffic of ADY Container LLC through Central Asia to Azerbaijan and in the opposite direction increased by 10% from February...

Azerbaijan Railways announces new cargo transportation terms

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 14, 2020 – ADY Container LLC, a division of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, is to offer more favourable terms for cargo...

Baku transports bulk cargo in containers

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – Baku Port has started handling bulk cargo transported by container as part of a cooperation between ADY...

Azerbaijan, Iran to build Rasht-Astara railway line

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 11, 2019 – Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to build a railway between Rasht (Iran) and Astara which will be part...

First direct container train departs from Baku to Europe

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 20, 2019 – A 42-container block train has recently left the Chinese city of Xi’an to Prague, in the Czech...

Hupac to connect Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan

Chiasso, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Intermodal Express (Hupac) has started a cooperation with ADY Container and Hupac Intermodal to...

Caspian Energy Transport Forum and Caspian Energy ICT Forum to be held in September

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 29, 2017 – On September 20, 2017, Caspian European Club and Caspian American Club will host the Caspian Energy...

Railways of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan agreed to strengthen ties

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The head of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Kanat Alpysbayev has held talks with Deputy Prime Minister of...

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia sign agreement on Trans-Caspian transport corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 2, 2017 – At a meeting of the Union of Legal Entities of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...

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