Azerbaijan railway news – Page 3

  • Stadler will be showing an SBB EC250 Giruno inter-city trainset at InnoTrans 2016.
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    Stadler to show UK electro-diesel and sleeping car for Azerbaijan

    2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

    STADLER: A Class 88 EuroDual electro-diesel locomotive ordered by leasing company Beacon Rail for use by UK operator Direct Rail Services, a sleeping car for Azerbaijan’s ADY and an EC250 Giruno inter-city trainset ordered by Swiss Federal Railways for use on services through the Gotthard Base Tunnel will be among ...

  • Construction of a railway bridge between Azerbaijan and Iran was formally launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on April 20 2016.
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    Iran and Azerbaijan launch construction of cross-border railway bridge

    2016-04-25T05:00:00Z

    ASIA: Construction of a railway bridge over the River Astarachay which forms the border between the two similarly-named towns of Astara in Azerbaijan and Iran was formally launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on April 20. Guests at the event included the heads of the two national railways and the ministers ...

  • President Ilham Aliyev opened the third metro line in Baku on April 19.
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    Baku inaugurates third metro line

    2016-04-19T16:05:00Z

    AZERBAIJAN: President Ilham Aliyev opened the third metro line in Baku on April 19. The two-station Line 3 is designated the Violet Line and links Avtovağzal with Memar Əcəmi-2, where interchange is provided with the Green Line. Construction started in September 2009 and tunnel boring started in February 2011. At ...

  • Type TE33A Evolution diesel locomotive for Azerbaijan's ADY.
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    First TE33A locomotive for Azerbaijan handed over

    2015-08-04T08:09:00Z

    AZERBAIJAN: The first of 10 Type TE33A Evolution diesel locomotives ordered by national railway ADY was officially handed over on August 3, at a ceremony in Baku which also marked the arrival of the first Nomad Express container service from China via Dostyk and the Caspian Sea ports of Aktau ...

  • The first of the Kiss double-deck EMUs for Azerbaijan on test at Stadler's Minsk factory (Photo: Vladimir Shastitko).
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    Stadler to supply double-deck EMUs to Azerbaijan

    2015-05-14T15:02:00Z

    AZERBAIJAN: An agreement for the supply of five Kiss double-deck electric multiple-units was signed by Stadler Rail CEO Peter Spuhler and Javid Gurbanov, Chairman of national railway ADY, at the TransCaspian 2015 trade fair in Baku on May 13. The 1 520 mm gauge 3·3 kV DC EMUs are to ...

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    Metro cars arrive in Baku

    2015-04-21T07:30:00Z

    AZERBAIJAN: Alstom has delivered three trainsets for the Baku metro. Baku Metropoliten signed the order on May 12 2014. The trains, branded Oka, are based on Metrowagonmash’s Class 81-760B design and are composed of four motor cars and one trailer. They are expected to enter passenger service ...