Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project

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The Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project is a regional rail corridor linking Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to create a direct freight and passenger route between the Caspian region and Europe, bypassing Armenia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international infrastructure project
railway line
aimsTo bypass Armenia
alsoKnownAs BTK railway
connectsCity Baku
Kars
Tbilisi
country Azerbaijan
Georgia
Turkey
designedCapacity millions of tons of freight per year
fundedBy Azerbaijan
Georgia
Turkey
gauge broad gauge connection in Georgia
standard gauge
geopoliticalRole enhances connectivity between Turkey and Central Asia
reduces dependence on routes via Iran
reduces dependence on routes via Russia
hasTerminus Baku
Kars
inauguratedBy Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Ilham Aliyev
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
inception 2007
includesFacility Akhalkalaki gauge-changing facility
length approximately 826 km
opened 2017
operatorCountry Azerbaijan rail network
surface form: Azerbaijan Railways

Georgian Railway
Turkish State Railways
partOf Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
passesThrough Akhalkalaki
Akhaltsikhe
Tbilisi
politicalContext excludes Armenia from regional rail transit
purpose freight transport
passenger transport
regionServed Caspian Sea region
surface form: Caspian region

Europe
relatedTo Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline
South Caucasus Pipeline
segmentLength about 263 km in Georgia
about 504 km in Azerbaijan
about 79 km in Turkey
status operational
strategicImportance links Caspian Sea to European rail network
supports Middle Corridor between China and Europe

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Georgian Railway partOf Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
this entity surface form: Trans-Caucasus Railway corridor
Georgian Railway participatesIn Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
საქართველოს რკინიგზა connectsTo Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
this entity surface form: Turkish rail network via Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway