Azerbaijan railway news – Page 3
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Stadler to show UK electro-diesel and sleeping car for Azerbaijan
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 ...
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Iran and Azerbaijan launch construction of cross-border railway bridge
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 ...
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Baku inaugurates third metro line
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 ...
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First TE33A locomotive for Azerbaijan handed over
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 ...
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Stadler to supply double-deck EMUs to Azerbaijan
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
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 ...
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