Regional railway transport system of the Transcaucasia: passenger direction of work
- DOI
- 10.5922/gikbfu-2023-4-2
- Pages
- 23-37
Abstract
The aim of the article is to characterize the peculiarities of passenger transportation within the regional railway transport system of the Transaucasus. The research relies on the statistics of railway passenger transport and published schedules on the railway networks of the countries in the region. It is demonstrated that in the post-Soviet period, passenger rail transport has declined, and its potential is underutilized: the volume of transportation is minimal, the movement intensity is low, and on a significant portion of the network, passenger transport has been completely discontinued. One notable exception in recent years is the Baku agglomeration. The decline can be attributed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent fragmentation of the region's railway network, competition from air and road transport, as well as the specific transport policies in the countries of the region. The improvement of the situation is associated with the potential expansion of domestic railway communication as the population's income grows and as a result of changes in transport policy.