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Azerbaijan Railways ((アゼルバイジャン語:Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları)) is the national state-owned rail transport operator in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The , gauge network is electrified at 3 kV (3,000 V) DC. The headquarters of the Azerbaijan Railways is in the capital Baku. The Azerbaijan Railways is one of the successors of the Soviet Railways, which was the successor of the Russian Imperial Railways. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 its railway system broke up into national railway systems of various former Soviet republics from which the independent Republic of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan Railways emerged that year. The first railway line in Azerbaijan was laid in 1878 and was opened in 1880 in the suburbs outside Baku. There are of rail tracks out of which 72% or are single track and 28% or are double tracks.〔 Of the total exploitation length of route 43% or are electrified.〔 About 38% of the length of the railway routes or are equipped with full automatic blocks and 16% or are equipped with centralized dispatchers.〔 The railway has 176 stations, 2 of which Biləcəri (in Baku) and Şirvan are completely automated, 12 stations have container courts with adapted mechanisms and machines, 3 stations – Keşlə (in Baku), Gəncə and Xırdalan are able to supply high cargo containers. Of the total exploitation length of route 72% or are in common carrier service and does not include industrial lines.〔 The national network has no high-speed lines and is not served by high-speed trains. Much of the railway track and rolling stock is in need of repair or replacement. However, with the Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway, a regional rail link project that will directly connect Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan and is currently under construction, the railway lines are being modernised in Azerbaijan with the latest technology and brand new and fast rail stock will be added and will replace the old rail stock which are still in service. The freight market share of the railways are also expected to rise rapidly with completion of the Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway in 2010. The total length of the Azerbaijan Railways ranks 57 in country comparison to the world.〔 == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azerbaijan Railways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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