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Baku suburban railway and metro map. In 2016, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov confirmed that work was underway on a 25 km (16 mi) railway line to Heydar Aliyev International Airport from Baku's main station. [3] In 2018, president Ilham Aliyev announced funding for a suburban rail service for Baku. [4]
In most parts of the world times are shown using the 24-hour clock (although in the United States the 12-hour clock, with the addition of "am/A" or "pm/P" or with pm times in bold, is more often used). If services run at the same minutes past each hour for part of the day, the legend "and at the same minutes past each hour" or similar wording ...
The national airline is Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL). There are 5 international airports located in Baku, Ganja, Nakhchivan, Lankaran and Zaqatala. Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku reopened in 1999 after a US$64 million upgrade and extension financed by Turkish company Enka. The airport can now handle 1,600 passengers an hour.
Baku Rail Station in late 19 Century. The first station building dates back to 1880, with the launch of the Baku-Tbilisi railway. The architecture of the first building was in the Moorish Revival style. [2] In 1926, the second station complex, Sabunchu Station, was designed and constructed to serve the electrified Baku–Sabunchu
Azerbaijan Railways (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları) is the national state-owned rail transport operator in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The 2,918 km (1,813 mi), 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) gauge network is electrified at 3 kV (3,000 V) DC. [2] The headquarters of the Azerbaijan Railways is in the capital Baku.
It is the busiest airport both in Azerbaijan and in the South Caucasus as well as one of the busiest in the post-Soviet countries. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport, after a suburb of the Azerbaijani capital Baku. The airport is 20 kilometers northeast of Baku, connected to the city by Baku Airport Highway.
Rail transport in Azerbaijan is operated by the national state-owned railway company Azerbaijan Railways (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Dəmir Yolları).The railway network consists of 2,918 km (1,813 mi), its gauge is 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) (Russian broad gauge), 815 km (506 mi) are double track and 1,272 km (790 mi) are electrified at 3 kV (3,000 V) DC.
This is a list of airports in Azerbaijan, grouped by type and sorted by location. Azerbaijan , formally the Republic of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani : Azərbaycan Respublikası ), is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia .