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 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 region ⓘ
linked to: Caspian Sea 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 → Trans-Caucasus Railway corridor ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
Georgian Railway → participatesIn → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project ⓘ
საქართველოს რკინიგზა → connectsTo → Turkish rail network via Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
Kars Province → hasRailConnection → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
Azerbaijan rail network → includesLine → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
BTK railway → fullName → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
Akhalkalaki gauge-changing facility → locatedOnCorridor → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
Akhalkalaki gauge-changing facility → locatedOnRailwayLine → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
Akhalkalaki gauge-changing facility → partOf → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars transport corridor ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route → linkedTo → Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway ⓘ
linked to: Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway project