Baku–Tbilisi passenger train service to resume on May 26

Daily passenger train services on the Baku–Tbilisi–Baku route will resume on May 26, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Economy confirmed.

According to the statement, the decision follows an agreement reached during talks in Baku between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Caliber.Az reports.

The sides also signed a protocol by the Coordination Council confirming the completion and final acceptance of modernisation work carried out under the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project.

The operation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Baku passenger train was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the special quarantine regime.

By Sabina Mammadli