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    SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAY IS SWITCHING TO 'SUMMER TIME'

    ArmInfo
    2010-04-29 18:54:00

    ArmInfo. South Caucasus Railway is switching to summer regime of
    passenger operations - for the first time in Armenia, Director General
    of SCR Shevket Shaydullin said during a press-conference today.

    He said that by May the company will approve traffic schedule for
    2010-2011. The speed of the trains will be raised, more locomotives
    will be put into service. Some 2.1bln AMD will be spent on this
    activity. 8 cars worth 700mln AMD will be imported from Voronezh
    (Russia) for "Armenia" de luxe passenger train travelling from Yerevan
    to Batumi in the summer. 5 electric locomotives will be brought from
    Tbilisi. Presently, the company is repairing Yerevan Railway Station.

    Almost 100mln AMD has been allocated for this purpose.

    This year, unlike 2009, "Armenia" will travel on a daily basis. "In
    order to make the trip more comfortable, we have decided that the
    train will depart from Yerevan at 02:10 PM rather than in the evening.

    In such case, it will reach the Armenian-Georgian border at 08:30 PM
    and the passengers will no longer have to go through customs procedures
    late at night. The arrival time will move to early morning which is
    also better for the passengers," Shaydullin said.

    He added that the passengers will also be offered a variant for
    choice - twice a week an ordinary train will leave Yerevan late in
    the evening and arrive in Batoumi by 5 pm. "The difference will be in
    tariffs, and passengers will have an opportunity to make a choice",-
    said Shaydullin. The travel cost in a sleeping-car of Armenia express
    will be 22.4 thsd AMD, in a compartment - 10,6 thsd AMD, in a couchette
    car - 6,4 thsd. For an ordinary passenger train tickets will cost 18,8
    thsd AMD, 10,8 thsd AMD and 6,3 thsd AMD. The childrens' tickets will
    cost 60% of the ordinary ticket. Shaydullin added that in accordance
    with the trends of passenger flow, seasonal indices for the ticket
    value have been introduced. In July and August ticket prices will grow,
    but in September the prices will return to their previous level.
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