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First freight train on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway departs Baku port

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Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – On October 30, the inauguration ceremony of the Baku–Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway was held at the new Port of Baku in Alat, Azerbaijan. The 846-km-long railway connects Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey and will play a pivotal role in the Middle Corridor as part of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) economic initiative. While most parts of the Baku–Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway were modernized,…

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