Railways
total: 1,683 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) gauge (1993)
narrow gauge: 100 km of 914 mm (3 ft) gauge.
City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro).
- In April 2005, an agreement was signed to build a railway from Turkey through Georgia to Azerbaijan (see Kars Baku Tbilisi railway line) probably using 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Standard gauge) supposedly so that it can eventually link with China. One Georgian border station is Akhalkalaki.
- In August 2007, Georgia handed over the management rights of the state-owned Georgian Railway company to the U.K.-based company Parkfield Investment for 89 years.
Read more about this topic: Transport In Georgia (country)
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—H.G. (Herbert George)