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    ARMENIA'S RAILROADERS TO CELEBRATE HOLIDAY

    ARKA
    July 31, 2008

    YEREVAN, July 31. /ARKA/. The South-Caucasian Railway managed by the
    Armenian Railways Company plans a number of events for August 2-3 on
    the occasion of Railroader's Day.

    The press service of the South-Caucasian Railway reports that a
    new electric train will leave Gyumri for Yerevan on August 2. The
    commuter train arrived in Armenia with the assistance of the Russian
    Railways Company. A function will be held at the Gyumri station,
    which will be attended by the regional officials, command staff of
    the South-Caucasian Railway and public representatives.

    A special train with a steam-driven engine will arrive in Yerevan
    from Gyumri on August 3. Armenia's best variety actors will give a
    concert at the Arno Babajanyan concert hall.

    Railroader's Day was first celebrated on August 3, 1886. At present,
    this is the principal professional holiday of railroaders in the
    countries with a common 1,520mm-wide gauge - the Commonwealth of
    Independent States, Baltic States, Finland and Mongolia).
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