Soviet Union (Russia, Abkhazia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)#
Turkey
Dates of operation
1871–1991
Successor
TCDD, RZhD, IRIR, ADDY, GR, HYU, AKR
Technical
Track gauge
1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
The Transcaucus Railway (Russian: Закавка́зская желе́зная доро́га) was the first railway in South Caucasus.[1]
It was funded by the Russian Empire as a strategic railway connecting the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. The railway would allow the Russian army to have better control of Caucasia. Also with the Trans-Caspian railway, Russia could transport troops from Central Asia much faster. The railway operated as a private company between 1865–1922 and a subsidiary railway of the Soviet Railways from 1922–1991.
^Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский, 2-е изд. Т. 16. Железо — Земли. 1952. 672 стр., илл.; 51 л. илл. и карт.
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