Classic route
Baku–Tbilisi–Kars
Baku → Kars · Azerbaijan · Georgia · Türkiye
The Silk Road revived: opened in 2017, it closes the last gap from the Caspian across the Caucasus to Turkey, a rail bridge between Asia and Europe.
How this line was checked
- The 543 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 20705812 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: ADY · Georgian Railway · TCDD — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars?
The Baku–Tbilisi–Kars runs 826 km from Baku to Kars. It runs through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye.
How long does the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 18 h for the 826 km. That is an average of 46 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars?
ADY, Georgian Railway and TCDD, with Stadler sleeper cars.
How old is the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars?
The line has been in service since 2017. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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