Transport in Georgia (country)

For Soviet transportation, see Transport in the Soviet Union.

Railways

Main article: Georgian Railway

total: 1,683 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,583 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁵⁄₆ in) gauge (1993)
narrow gauge: 100 km of 914 mm (3 ft) gauge.

City with metro system: Tbilisi (see Tbilisi Metro).

• In April 2005, an agreement was signed to build a railway from Turkey through Georgia to Azerbaijan (see Kars Baku Tbilisi railway line) probably using 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) (Standard gauge) supposedly so that it can eventually link with China. One Georgian border station is Akhalkalaki.^{[citation needed]}
• In August 2007, Georgia handed over the management rights of the state-owned Georgian Railway company to the U.K.-based company Parkfield Investment for 89 years.

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Russia - yes - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁵⁄₆ in) - via the breakaway Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia - closed for political reasons.
• Azerbaijan - yes - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁵⁄₆ in) with through 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) (Standard Gauge) line proposed.

• Armenia - yes 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁵⁄₆ in)
• Turkey - yes - break-of-gauge with through 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) (Standard Gauge) line proposed.

2007

• February 7 - agreement signed for Kars-Tiblisi-Baku railway

Towns served by rail

• Poti - port
• Batumi - port
• Kutaisi
• Akhaltsike
• Ayrum

Highways

National roads of Georgia

The road network in Georgia consists of 1,474 kilometers of main or international highways that are considered to be in good condition and some 18,821 kilometers of secondary and local roads that are, generally, in poor condition. Only 7,854 km out of over 20,000 km of Georgian roads are paved.

Main roads

Number	E-road	Route	Length (km)	Notes
[ს 1]	E60 / E97	Tbilisi – Gori – Kutaisi – Zugdidi – Sokhumi	552
[ს 2]	E60 / E70	Senaki – Poti – Kobuleti – Batumi
[ს 3]	E117	Mtskheta – Gudauri – Stepantsminda
[ს 4]	E60	Tbilisi – Rustavi
[ს 5]		Tbilisi – Sagarejo – Lagodekhi
[ს 6]	E117	Tbilisi – Marneuli – Bolnisi – Dmanisi
[ს 7]	E001	Marneuli – Sadakhlo
[ს 8]	E691	Khashuri – Borjomi – Akhaltsikhe – Vale
[ს 9]	E60	Tbilisi	54
[ს 10]		Gori – Tskhinvali – Java – Roki Tunnel
[ს 11]	E691	Akhaltsikhe – Akhalkalaki – Ninotsminda
[ს 12]	E692	Samtredia – Lanchkhuti – Supsa	57

See also: Georgian Military Road

Pipelines

Crude oil 370 km; refined products 300 km; natural gas 440 km (1992)

Black Sea Ports and harbors

Batumi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi, Kulevi Oil Terminal

Merchant marine

total: 17 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 103,080 GRT/158,803 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 10, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 6 (1999 est.)

Airports

Main article: List of airports in Georgia (country)

28 (1994 est.) In February 2007 a brand new, modern and fully equipped international Airport was inaugurated in Tbilisi.

• Tbilisi International Airport
• Kutaisi International Airport
• Batumi International Airport
• Poti International Airport
• Mestia International Airport

Airports - with paved runways

total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 6 (1994 est.)

See also

• Georgia
• List of Tbilisi metro stations

External links

• Roads Department of Georgia (ENG)
• United Transport Administration (ENG)