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The Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway, or Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway, is a regional rail link project to directly connect Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The project was originally to be completed by 2010, but was previously delayed to 2013.〔(Azerbaijani Vice Prime Minister Abid Sharifov )〕 In February 2014 Azerbaijan's Transportation Minister, Ziya Mammadov, stated that the project wouldn't be completed before the second half of 2015〔Railway to link Kars, Tbilisi, Baku in 2015, BAKU - Anadolu Agency, http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/railway--to-link-kars-tbilisi-baku-in-2015.aspx?pageID=238&nID=62885&NewsCatID=345〕 and in September 2015 it was announced that service would not begin before an unspecified time in 2016.〔Georgia Today, "Passenger Trains for Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway to Launch 2016", http://georgiatoday.ge/news/1380/Passenger-Trains-for-Baku-Tbilisi-Kars-Railway-to-Launch-2016-〕 New sleeping coaches will not enter service until 2016/17.〔Stadler signs Baku – Tbilisi – Kars sleeping car contract, 12 Jun 2014, Railway Gazette, http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/stadler-signs-baku-tbilisi-kars-sleeping-car-contract.html〕 The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project is built to create an energy corridor by rail mainly supplied by Azerbaijan. In addition to that, the current traffic from Turkey to CIS countries will shift to this line. Since current traffic via Iran is facing with long delays in Lake Van and Sarakhs, opening of this line may cause a shift to railway. The line is expected to have an annual volume of 6.5 million tonnes at the beginning, with a target of 17 million tonnes/year in the long term.〔Uysal, Onur. ("10 Things to Know About Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project" ), ''Rail Turkey'', 20 October 2014〕 ==Pre-existing railways== The (Poti–)Tbilisi–Baku railway (the Transcaucasus Railway) was completed in 1883, and has since remained the backbone of Transcaucasia's railway network.〔А.Э. Котов (A.E. Kotov), ("Из истории Южно-Кавказской железной дороги" ) ("From the history of the South Caucasus Railway"), 17.07 2009 〕 By 1899, a branch line (Kars–Gyumri–Tbilisi railway) from Tbilisi to Marabda to Gyumri (then Alexandropol) to Kars was completed.〔 In 1986, the construction of a branch railway line from Marabda (on the Tbilisi-Gyumri line, south of Tbilisi Junction)〔Distances are from the map in Kotov (2009)〕 west to Akhalkalaki was completed.〔 (History of the Georgian Railways ) (in English), or (History of the Georgian Railways ) 〕 However, this branch fell into disuse at a later stage. 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「Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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