150,600 passengers transported by South Caucasus railways in 1st q 2011
YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. Some 150,600 passengers were transported by
the South Caucasus Railways CJSC in the first quarter of this year,
the company’s press office reported on Friday.
According to statistical reports sent to ARKA News Agency, 5,100
passengers were carried by the railway to destinations abroad and
brought in the country from the outside in the 1st Q 2011 (13.3%
year-on-year growth).
Some 145,500 passengers were traveled by the company’s trains inside
the country.
South Caucasus Railways, a 100-percent subsidiary of Russian Railways,
runs Armenian Railway.
Armenian Railways was handed over to the South Caucasus Railways on
February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to
prolong the management term for other 10 years. -0 –
From: A. Papazian