Transport in Georgia (country)

For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.

Railways[edit]

Georgian Railway Network

Stadler KISS GRS «Eurasia» passenger train

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.^[1]
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.^[2]

Railway links with adjacent countries[edit]

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).

2007[edit]

February 7 - agreement signed for Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway

Towns served by rail[edit]

Poti - port
Batumi - port
Kutaisi
Akhaltsike

Highways[edit]

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.^[3] Only 7,854 km out of over 20,000 km of Georgian roads are paved.^[4]

National roads of Georgia

S1 Highway

**Main roads**
Number	E Route	name	Length (km)	Notes
		Tbilisi - Senaki - Leselidze	552
		Senaki - Poti - Sarpi	119
		Mtskheta - Stepantsminda - Larsi	139
		Tbilisi - Red Bridge	57
		Tbilisi – Bakurtsikhe – Lagodekhi	160
		Ponichala – Marneuli – Guguti	98
		Marneuli – Sadakhlo	34
		Khashuri – Akhaltsikhe – Vale	97
		Tbilisi Bypass	49
		Gori – Tskhinvali – Gupta – Java – Roki	92,5
		Akhaltsikhe – Ninotsminda	112
		Samtredia - Lanchkhuti - Grigoleti	57
		Akhalkalaki - Kartsakhi	36,5

Motorways[edit]

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[edit]

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

Black Sea Ports and harbors[edit]

Batumi, Poti, Sokhumi, Kulevi Oil Terminal

Merchant marine[edit]

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

Airports[edit]

Shota Rustaveli Airport

Alexander Kartveli Airport

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

Airports - with paved runways[edit]

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[edit]

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.)

External links[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Uysal, Onur. "10 Things to Know About Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project", Rail Turkey, 20 October 2014
^ Georgia Hands over Railway to Investment Fund. Civil Georgia. August 16, 2007.
^ Transport - Georgia
^ CIA - The World Factbook -- Georgia

[1] Uysal, Onur. "10 Things to Know About Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project", Rail Turkey, 20 October 2014

[2] Georgia Hands over Railway to Investment Fund. Civil Georgia. August 16, 2007.

[3] Transport - Georgia

[4] CIA - The World Factbook -- Georgia

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v t e Transport in Georgia
Georgian Railway	Georgia Main Line Abkhazian railway (to Abkhazia) Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway (to Azerbaijan, Turkey) Transcaucasus Railway (to Armenia and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway (to Turkey)
Tbilisi Metro	1 Akhmeteli–Varketili Line 2 Saburtalo Line
Miscellaneous	Georgian Railways Class VMK EMU Chiatura Ropeway
Major terminals	Rail Tbilisi railway station Airports Tbilisi Kutaisi Batumi Ports Port of Batumi
Construction projects	Zestafoni–Moliti–Khashuri Railway (Gorges)
Caucasus transit: (Turkey) <= Georgia North Caucasian Federal District (Russia) Armenia Azerbaijan => (Turkmenistan)

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