Georgian Railway

JSC Georgian Railway
Native name
სს საქართველოს რკინიგზა
Company typeState owned Joint-stock company
Industryrailway
FoundedOctober 10, 1872; 152 years ago (1872-10-10) in Tbilisi, Georgia
Headquarters,
Area served
Georgia
Revenue357.8 million (2014)
Total assets1.2309 billion
Total equity676 million[1]
OwnerJSC Partnership Fund (100%)
Number of employees
~13,000 (2017)
Websiterailway.ge
Georgian Railway
Georgian Railway Network
Technical
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in)
Length1,576 km (979 mi)
Other
Websitewww.railway.ge
Route map

0km*
km
1,997
Leselidze
2,000
Gagra
2,025
Gudauta
2,063
New Athos
2,083
Sukhumi
2,099
Gulripshi
2,114
Ochamchire
2,153
0
26
Tkvarcheli
Achigvara
Gali
2,177
2,188
Zugdidi
Jvari
Batumi
2,226
Khobi
Makhinjauri
104
40
Poti
Kobuleti
82
0
2,232
Senaki
0
2,260
Samtredia
Ozurgeti
23
Tskaltubo
Vale
91
Kutaisi
Akhaltsikhe
46
Tkibuli
Atskuri
0
2,321
Zestaponi
Borjomi
30
00
Chiatura
Bakuriani
37
33
Tskhinvali
Khashuri
0
2,384
Nikozi
Gori
2,458
0
Tbilisi
2,503
Telavi
Kazreti
Gurjaani
Bolnisi
Marneuli
Tsnori
Dedoplistskaro
Rustavi
Vanadzor
Agstafa
to Baku
Notes

Main line distances measured from Moscow.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia are de jure part of Georgia,
but de facto not under Georgian control

international border
de facto border

Georgian Railway LLC (Georgian: საქართველოს რკინიგზა, romanized: sakartvelos rk'inigza) is the national railway company of Georgia.

A vital artery linking the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, it sits on the shortest route between Europe and Central Asia.[2] Built to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) standard Russian gauge, at present the fully electrified mainline of the Georgian Railway is 1,323.9 km (total: 1,576 km) in length, consisting of 1,422 bridges, 32 tunnels, 22 passenger and 114 goods stations.[3] In 2017, Georgian Railways passenger ridership was 2,684,000,[4] of which 100,000 were international passengers, the rest domestic.[5]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2016-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GRHist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Georgian Railway - About Us". Georgian Railway LLC. Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  4. ^ "Georgian Railway – 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. ^ Nana Bolashvili, Andreas Dittmann, Lorenz King, Vazha Neidze (eds.): National Atlas of Georgia, 138 pages, Steiner Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-515-12057-9