On June 2, an event will be held at the Akhalkalaki Railway and Logistics Complex in Georgia to mark the commissioning of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars (BTK) railway line following its modernization, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC told APA-Economics.

The BTK railway is one of the region’s key freight transport corridors.

The event will be attended by officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye, as well as heads of railway and port administrations.

It should be noted that on May 18, in Baku, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, and the Prime Minister of Georgia, Mr. Irakli Kobakhidze, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Digital Development and Transport, Rashad Nabiyev, and Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Mariam Kvrivishvili, signed the Protocol of the 41st Meeting of the Coordination Council on the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and construction of the railway section from Marabda to the border with the Republic of Türkiye (Kartsakhi) within the framework of the implementation of the new Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway line project. The document confirmed the completion and final acceptance of the modernization works carried out under the BTK railway project.

In 2024, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY) completed modernization works on the 184-kilometer section of the BTK railway passing through Georgia, with the aim of increasing the capacity of this key segment of the Middle Corridor.
The project, implemented in five phases, covered 13 railway stations, 55 bridges, 8 traction substations, 320 buildings, and various engineering structures, including bridges, overpasses, and crossings. As part of the project, a new 30.3-kilometer railway line was constructed, a wheelset-changing station was built, and rehabilitation and reconstruction works were carried out on 153.1 kilometers of the existing railway infrastructure.

As a result of the completed works, the annual freight capacity of the BTK railway has increased from 1 million tons to 5 million tons, transforming the route into one of the most efficient and functional overland transport corridors connecting China and Central Asia with Europe.