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.)