Rehabilitation of the Armenian Railway Infrastructure

The whole project is part of the West –East railway corridor, 180 km (Turkish border-Georgian border-Azeri border)

Activity 1

• Rehabilitation of the existing rail link Yerevan-Tbilisi

Activity 2

• Complete reopening of Hrazdan – Ijevan section (constructed in 1984, partially operating, nearly 2 km of landslide zone)

Activity 3

• Construction of new rail link Vanadzor – Fioletovo

Rehabilitation of section Georgian border-Yerevan

OPTION “A”

Complete renewal of 101 km of track equipment, with few changes in the layout. Rehabilitation of the infrastructures.

Total amount of costs for rehabilitation works: € 647,7 million

OPTION “B”

Complete renewal of 60 km of track equipment, with few changes in the layout. Rehabilitation of the infrastructures.

Total amount of costs for rehabilitation works: € 475 million

Hrazdan – Ijevan section

• Landslide arrangements

• Overpass in Agartev River

• Tunnel under Agartsin (Kuybyshevo) village

• New line trough Agartsin (Kuybyshevo) village

Other interventions

• 8 bridges and 10 tunnels to be rehabilitated (total cost: € 8 million)

• Track equipment and signaling system renewal

complete renewal:

€ 176,5 million

partial renewal in the section with landslide and general overhaul:

€ 121,85 million

New rail link Vanadzor – Fioletovo

Total estimated cost: € 200 million (€ 5 million per km)

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