Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
May 5, 2011 Thursday

BRIEF: Transport Ministry: Azerbaijani railways suffer great damage as
result of Armenia’s military aggression

by E.Ismayilov, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan

May 05–AzerbaijanAs a result of Armenia’s military aggression, 240.4
km-long railways in Azerbaijan have remained in the occupied
territories, Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov said in an
interview posted on the official website of the ruling New Azerbaijan
Party.

He said as a result of the occupation, Azerbaijani railways have
suffered damages amounting to $45.06 million.

According to Azerbaijani Railways spokesman Nadir Azmammadov, as a
result of the occupation, 144 km of the Horadiz-Ordubad section of
railways, 51 km in the Tazakend-Khankendi section, as well as 6.3 km
in the Gazakh-Barkhudarli section and other sections became
non-operating.

The total length of railways in Azerbaijan is 2,929.4 km, 2,099.7 of
which are operational. Some 804.7 km of the total length of railways,
which are in operation, are two-lane roads. Furthermore, 1271.4 km or
60 percent of the operational railways are electrified and 1,650
kilometers are equipped with an automated signal system.

From: A. Papazian