The international railway link connects Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey with its main interconnecting station in Akhalkalaki.
Project:
Railway Station
Year:
2010 – 2018
Location:
Akhalkalaki, Georgia
This international railway station in Akhalkalaki is part of the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, that connects Azerbaijan and Turkey through Georgia while effectively improving the wider economic relations between Europe and Asia. As the first stop in Georgia after the Turkish border, the railway tracks change in gauge, which required a conversation in distance between tracks in Akhalkalaki. The station and the city become a place of exchange and communication for all three countries and will serve up to three million passengers per year.
Client:
Marabda-Kartsakhi Railway LLC
Partner in Charge:
Jürgen Mayer H.
Team:
Christoph Emenlauer
Jesko M. Johnsson-Zahn
Simon Kassner
Danny te Kloese
Jan-Christoph Stockebrand
Collaborations:
Architect on site: Studio 2, Tbilisi, Georgia
Photographer:
Dimitri Kavtaradze
The Iron Silk Road project, being implemented by Marabda-Kartsakhi Railway LLC, was named among top 100 global projects of the world at Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum held in New-York in January, 2011.
