Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway (Construction)
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway
Locations
Type
Rail
Status
Completed
Total Reported Cost
12.2 billion TRY
Initiatives
Start Date
May 25 2005
Start of Construction
2007
Planned Completion Date
Oct. 30 2017
Contractors
Consultants
- —
Implementers
Operators
- —
Funders
| Source(s) | Amount |
|---|---|
| 775,000,000 USD | |
| 79,440,000 USD |
Description
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) rail link directly connects the countries of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. The project is an important connection in the rail transport corridor that links Central Asia and China to Europe. It is intended to increase regional cooperation in the South Caucasus, though the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict made it politically impossible to include Armenia in the train's route.