SCR posts 6-fold passenger flow increase on Yerevan-Batumi routeJune 17, 2013 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus Railway hosted a summer season opening ceremony, with Armenia deluxe train launching on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan route. As the acting CEO of South Caucasus Railway Sergey Valko stated at the ceremony, the company continues adhering to the policy of service and comfort improvement, with the Yerevan-Batumi route duration decreased by half an hour. Among improvements the company official listed the possibility of online ticket purchase, free Wi-Fi connection in Armenia deluxe train, as well as local police convoy on the territory of Georgia. As Mr Valko further noted, over the last 5 years, the passenger flow on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan routes increased by 6 times, with over 50 000 people having used the services of Armenia train (up 22% from the 2011 results.) Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |