Georgia - General Information
Country Name
Georgia (Sakartvelo, საქართველო)
National railway system
Georgian railway[s] (RK): (Sakartvelos Rkinigsa, საქართველოს რკინიგზა)
Official Website
- Georgian Railways www.railway.ge/?web=0&action=0&lang=eng
- Abkhazian Railways http://zkvzhd.abhazia.com/ in Cyrillic script
Language
Georgian
Currency
Lari (ლ) (GEL).
UIC code
numeric 28; alpha GR.
Timetable
Journey Planner
www.railway.ge/samg/searchTrains.aspx?lang=en-US
Downloadable Timetable
Georgian Railways
Some skeleton timetables are available on the Passenger Operations page and selecting one of the options from the Traffic Schedule tab:
- Traffic General Schedule
- International Trains
- Commuter Trains
The Regional Trains option gives the journey planner.
Abkhazian Railways
A 2010 timetable for the only line, Adler - Sukhumi, is given here.
Printed Timetable
None.
Engineering Information
None.
Maps
Printed Maps
- "World Rail Atlas Vol. 8 The Middle East and Caucasus" by Neil Robinson (ISBN-10: 954-12-0128-8; ISBN-13: 978-954-12-0128-2)
Web-based Maps
- Thorsten Büker's Map of Georgia and Abkhazia.
Gauge
"Russian" gauge (1520mm). The Borjomi - Bakuriani line is 912 mm.
Electrification
3000 V dc. The The Borjomi - Bakuriani line is 1500 V dc.
Rule of the road
Right.
Other railways
None.
Tourist lines
The Borjomi to Bakuriani line serves ski resorts.
Metro
Tbilisi
Trams
There are plans to construct a tram network in Tbilisi.
Recent and future changes
The ხაშური/Chašuri – სურამი/Surami and ბროწეულა/Broceula – ქუთაისი-2/Kutaisi-2 – წყალტუბო/Cchaltubo lines (page 55 of the World Rail Atlas) were temporarily closed from 30 March 2012.
Special Notes
Georgia contains two de facto independent regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which gained limited international recognition after the 2008 South Ossetia war between Georgia and Russia. Georgia still considers these regions to be its sovereign territory. However, the lines located in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not under control of Georgian Railways. The lines from Nikozi to Tskhinvali (5 km) and from Ochamchira to the Inguri River are not in use. Much of the track and overhead on these lines has been looted, and stations such as Gali have been destroyed or heavily damaged. The lines from the Psou River to Ochamchira and from Ochamchira to Tkvarcheli are operated by Abkhazian Railways (AZD).