Georgian Railway
Native name | სს საქართველოს რკინიგზა |
|---|---|
| Company type | State owned Joint-stock company |
| Industry | railway |
| Founded | October 10, 1872 in Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Georgia |
| Revenue | ₾357.8 million (2014) |
| Total assets | ₾1.2309 billion |
| Total equity | ₾676 million |
| Owner | JSC Partnership Fund (100%) |
Number of employees | ~13,000 (2017) |
| Website | railway.ge |
Georgian Railway (Georgian: საქართველოს რკინიგზა, romanized: sakartvelos rk'inigza) is a fully state-owned railway company of Georgia, both managing infrastructure and operating freight and passenger travel in Georgia.
A vital artery linking the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, it sits on the shortest route between Europe and Central Asia. Built to 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) standard Russian gauge, at present the fully electrified mainline of the Georgian Railway is 1,323.9 km (total: 1,576 km) in length, consisting of 1,422 bridges, 32 tunnels, 22 passenger and 114 goods stations. In 2017, Georgian Railways passenger ridership was 2,684,000, of which 100,000 were international passengers, the rest domestic.