Transport in Georgia (country)

For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.

Railways
Georgian Railway Network
Stadler KISS GRS «Eurasia» passenger train
Main article: Georgian Railway


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 27⁄32 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). The line under construction is using Standard gauge until Akhalkalaki. There will be axle change station for wagons to proceed with broad gauge to Baku.[1]
  • 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.[2]

2007

Towns served by rail

Highways
See also: Roads in Georgia (country)

The road network in Georgia consists of 1,603 kilometers of main or international highways that are considered to be in good condition and some 18,821 kilometers of secondary and local roads that are, generally, in poor condition.[3] Only 7,854 km out of over 20,000 km of Georgian roads are paved.[4]

National roads of Georgia
S1 Highway
Main roads
Number E Route name Length (km) Notes
Tbilisi - Senaki - Leselidze 552
Senaki - Poti - Sarpi 119
Mtskheta - Stepantsminda - Larsi 139
Tbilisi - Red Bridge 57
Tbilisi – Bakurtsikhe – Lagodekhi 160
Ponichala – Marneuli – Guguti 98
Marneuli – Sadakhlo 34
Khashuri – Akhaltsikhe – Vale 97
Tbilisi Bypass 49
Gori – Tskhinvali – Gupta – Java – Roki 92,5
Akhaltsikhe – Ninotsminda 112
Samtredia - Lanchkhuti - Grigoleti 57
Akhalkalaki - Kartsakhi 36,5


Motorways

Georgia has a small motorway system, that is currently under development, essentially when the motorway will be finished will link Tbilisi, the capital, and Batumi, Georgia's second largest city. The multilane road is part of the S1 highway, which runs from Mukhatgverdi (Tbilisi West) until Agarebi, a village near Khashuri, and has a length of 110 km, bypassing Mtskheta and Gori.


See also: Georgian Military Road

Pipelines

Crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992)

Black Sea Ports and harbors

Batumi, Poti, Sokhumi, Kulevi Oil Terminal

Merchant marine


total: 17 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross tonnage (GT) or over) totaling 103,080 GT/158,803 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 6 (1999 est.)

Airports
Main article: List of airports in Georgia (country)
Shota Rustaveli Airport
Alexander Kartveli Airport

28 (1994 est.) In February 2007 a brand new, modern and fully equipped international Airport was inaugurated in Tbilisi.

Airports - with paved runways


total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways


total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)

See also

Notes
  1. Uysal, Onur. "10 Things to Know About Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project", Rail Turkey, 20 October 2014
  2. Georgia Hands over Railway to Investment Fund. Civil Georgia. August 16, 2007.
  3. Transport - Georgia
  4. CIA - The World Factbook -- Georgia
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