The main objective of the South-Caucasian Railway (SCRW) is the restoration and development of infrastructure. This was stated by Viktor Rebets, the General Director of the South-Caucasian Railway CJSC during his interview with the journalists.
According to him, a great amount of work has been carried out in recent years, in particular, there have been carried out major repairs of more than 400 km of railways, 200 km of overhead wiring, instrumentation and controls, telemetry, communication, which in turn makes it possible to provide adequate security. "If in 2008, there were almost hundred derails in organized trains, today these figures reduced 10 times. The dynamics of security improved by half compared to the last year ", - concluded Rebets.
"South-Caucasian Railway" CJSC is a 100% subsidiary of OJSC "Russian Railways" implementing concession management of the Armenian railways. The railway infrastructure in Armenia was transferred to the concession management of "SCRW" CJSC according to the Concession Agreement signed February 13, 2008. Term of the concession is 30 years with the right of prolongation for another 10 years.