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    ARMENIA: RAILWAY PREPARES TO GO TO TURKEY

    http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news /eav092909c.shtml
    9/29/09

    Amid serious domestic opposition in Armenia to plans for reconciliation
    with Turkey, the Russian-run Armenian railway company, South Caucasus
    Railway, has started work on providing a rail link between the two
    countries.

    A subsidiary of Russian Railway, South Caucasus Railway has announced
    plans to invest roughly $1.5 million to set up a gauge conversion
    facility. Such a facility would be necessary to facilitate rail service
    between Armenia and Turkey, the Kavkazsky Uzel news service reported
    on September 28.

    South Caucasus Railway CEO Marat Khakov said he was in negotiations
    with the Armenian government about the technical aspects of
    establishing the railway link. Khakov estimated that initial export
    cargo volumes would reach 6 million tons per year and would lead to
    a significant reduction in Armenian exports to and through Georgia.
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