ArmInfo. The "South Caucasus Railway" company in April began scheduled work on the overhaul of the railways.
According to the company's press service, since April 13, the track crew of the Masis railway machine station has begun replacing the upper track structure at the Pambak-Shagali section in the Lori region of Armenia. In general, according to the approved infrastructure management plan for 2020, it is planned to overhaul 8 kilometers of the track, replace 17 thousand sleepers with new reinforced concrete sleepers, replace 13.2 thousand tons of rubble, repair 7 kilometers of the contact network and upgrade the electric centralization station on the Hrazdan-Sevan section.
The amount of the approved investment program of SCR in infrastructure alone for 2020 is estimated at 1 billion 845 million drams, however, the planned volume of investments may increase by 77%. South Caucasus Railway CJSC is a 100% subsidiary of Russian Railways OJSC and provides concession management of Armenian railways. Railway infrastructure of Armenia was transferred to concession management of SCR CJSC in accordance with the Concession Agreement signed on February 13, 2008. The concession management period is 30 years with the right to extend for another 10 years.
