The TRIPP corridor through southern Armenia could prove to be a faster alternative to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway (BTK). That follows from an EU report on…
A subsidiary of Russian Railways (RZD) has launched a new rail freight service to India along the eastern branch of the International North-South Transport Corridor…
The political reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is transforming the transport landscape in the mountainous Caucasus region. Whereas the two countries would not allow transit…
The Zangezur Corridor, a planned railway connection across southern Armenia to connect the two parts of Azerbaijan, will take at least two years to complete.…
As Türkiye is just getting started with construction works, Azerbaijan is coming closer to the finish line. Both countries are building rail access routes to…
Türkiye has officially started construction works for the Kars-Iğdır-Aralık-Dilucu railway line, a 224-kilometre project that will link up to the future Zangezur Corridor. The project,…
On Friday 8 August, the heads of government of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in the White House to sign a peace deal. Importantly for rail…
It is one of the most contentious issues in current geopolitics, and an influential one for rail freight: the so-called Zangezur Corridor. The 42-kilometre stretch…
A new planned multimodal freight route from China to Armenia has been cancelled. Ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran have made it impossible to send…
Strained relations may become slightly less strained between Türkiye and Armenia. There are no functioning border crossings between the two countries, but a first one…
Development on the Middle Corridor, which connects China and Europe via rail through Central Asia, is in full swing. A part of that development is…
By 2030, the Azerbaijani exclave Nakhchivan should have a direct rail connection to Türkiye. Work on the line is now underway. Once completed, it is…