United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on the Trans-Asian Railway Network Ongoing Railway Large Infrastructural Projects Gogita Gvenetadze Deputy Head of Transport Policy Department Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia 23-24, November, 2015. 1 Bangkok, Thailand Georgia - Country Overview Transport Network of Georgia 3 Objectives and tasks • Georgia’s integration into international transport networks • Improvement of transit potential • Development of logistics facilities and services • Supporting of development multimodal transport systems • Upgrading of transport infrastructure • Improving of safety conditions • Improving of interoperability of transport network Georgian Transport Infrastructure in the International Rankings Quality of Overall Infrastructure Quality of Roads Quality of Railroad Infrastructure Switzerland 1 UAE 1 Japan 1 Turkey 33 Turkey 40 Russia 26 Azerbaijan 47 Georgia 65 Georgia 33 Georgia 54 Azerbaijan 69 Azerbaijan 37 Armenia 61 Armenia 80 Turkey 49 Russia 74 Russia 124 Armenia 68 Libya 144 Timor 144 Albania 104 Quality of Port Infrastructure Quality of air Transport Infrastructure Netherlands 1 Singapore 1 Turkey 57 Turkey 34 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 63 44 Armenia 72 Georgia 67 Russia 79 Russia 81 Georgia 84 Timor 138 Lesotho 144 Source: World Economic Forum, The 2014 Report Large Infrastructural Projects Construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars New Railway Modernization Project Railway Line Tbilisi railway bypass Project 6 Construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars New Railway Line Construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars New Railway Line Black Sea Caspian Sea Tbilisi Marabda Akhalkalaki Kartsakhi Kars Baku Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Project is initiated by: Georgia the Republic of Azerbaijan the Republic of Turkey Parties of the Agreement are: Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan “International Bank of Azerbaijan” OJSC “Marabda-Kartsakhi Railway” LLC Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan Highlights 2007 2011 2013 2015 BTK railway Was listed was On 28 Trilateral among 100 designated January the agreement global as the best first test was signed projects of project of train ran the world the year Construction and Development Scheduled in two stages I Stage 5 M tons cargo turnover per year (during construction period) I Stage II Stage 15 M tons cargo turnover per year II Stage 15 M. tones End of project: main part of construction will be finished end of 2015 in the Georgian territory Georgian Part Includes Marabda-Kartsakhi Section with Length – 180 km. Tetritskaro-Tsalka I Marabda-Tetritskaro II Stage Length - 29.2 km. Stage Length - 49.7 km. III Tsalka-Akhalkalaki Akhalkalaki Station Stage IV Length - 74 km. Stage Area - 102.32 ha. V Akhalkalaki- VI Border Tunnel Stage Kartsakhi Stage Length - 4400 m. Length – 27 km. General Information Akhalkalaki international station is located in Samtskhe-Javakheti region Ninotsminda municipality. Altitude - 2000 m. Total area - 102,32 ha. Akhalkalaki Station 2 waiting halls for passengers Conference hall Bank services Office for customs service Police office Public caterings Covered and open parking 24-hour monitoring of video surveillance Radiation control Modern fire orecaution systems General Characteristics 1520mm (post- Soviet) gauge and Shunting yards 1435mm (European) gauge junction station. Dry port Two reception-departure parks Conducting of Border and customs control Infrastructure ,,STADLER» system equipment for changing width of wheelset of 1520/1435 mm gauge coaches Locomotive and wagon systems’ complex Fire and operational safety complex Power supply complex with DC and AC joint traction substation Signaling, interlocking, blocking and communications equipment complex Engineering communications network complex, including drainage and firefighting systems Intra-areal patrol roads and 24-hour video surveillance systems Results • Improvement of economic cooperation • Integration of transport networks • Development of logistic infrastructure • Attraction of additional cargo flows • Growth of passengers transportation Railway Modernization Project Railway Modernization Project • JSC “Georgian Railway” started the implementation of the Railway Modernization Project in September 2011. • Project will be finished in 2019 • Construction/modernization of Tbilisi-Makhinjauri Railway Section Railway Modernization Project The main objectives of the Project are: • Optimization of freight and passenger traffic duration; • Reduction of operational expenses; • Improvement of operational safety; • Maximization of freight through capacity; Present progress of the project: • Tunnel 12 completed • Tunnel 9 under construction -800 m. from Zvare side – 3.0 km from Kvishkheti side • Tunnel 8 under construction – 840 m. Thank you for your attention 21 .