New Cargo Train Route Links Georgia and Kazakhstan

The first cargo train left Georgia?s port of Poti on December 24, which will deliver cargo to Kazakhstan?s port of Aktau and further to Alma-Aty.
 
According to the Georgian Railway Department, the train will perform regular trips ? twice a month.
 
The operation of the Poti-Baku-Aktau-Alma-Aty route will increase the competitiveness of the TRACECA route, the Georgian Railway Department reported.
 
The decision about operation of the new cargo train route was made during the talks between the heads of the railway companies of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia in Tbilisi on December 5-6.

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