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Baku Metro in focus of int'l companies

28 October 2014 [15:59] - TODAY.AZ

/AzerNews/

By Aynur Jafarova

The subway network is developing rapidly in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. With a length of thirty-five kilometers, two lines and 23 stations, Baku Metro is in focus of some leading international companies.

Last week at a meeting with Chairman of Baku Metro CJSC Zaur Huseynov, South Korean Deputy Minister for Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kyung-Sik Kim expressed interest of his country's companies in participating in the construction project of metro stations in Baku.

This is not the first achievement of Baku Metro for this month. In mid-October, Baku Metro CJSC and the French company Bouygues Travaux Publics, LLS signed an agreement on construction of a new tunnel at "28 May" station.

The project will be launched in a near future and will be accomplished in 2016.

The Baku subway's red ("Hazi Aslanov" - "Icherisheher") and green lines ("Darnagul" - "Khatai") intersect at the "28 May" station, which is of great importance given the safety of train traffic. Separation of the two lines will also allow reducing the interval of train traffic.

After the construction of the tunnel, the traffic along two lines will become independent from each other: The trains moving from the "Hazi Aslanov" station to the "Icherisheher" station will move directly through the "28 May" station, while the trains moving from the "Darnagul" station will move in a separate tunnel and their terminus station will be "Khatai".

The network of Baku subway is expected to get enlarged to 119 km with five lines and up to 76 stations by 2030. Right now, eight stations and two train depots are under construction.

Some subways are also expected to be opened in the most populated and developed cities of the country, including Sumgayit, Nakhchivan and Ganja.

The new stations of Baku Metro will be built based on the most modern technologies. They would be equipped with modern platforms, lobbies, escalators as well as new signaling and control systems.

Also, Baku Metro will change its appearance in the coming years and will make new stations based on the most modern technologies.

New stations are designed for trains consisting of 7 cars. The new stations' platforms would be 144m making the platforms 42 cm longer than pervious ones.

The new stations would be equipped with modern platforms, lobbies, escalators as well as new signaling and control systems.

As is known, the need for the medical centers in the underground usually increases in the warm seasons, especially in hot summer months. In this regard, Baku Metro plans to have a life-saving novelty in the near future.

Currently, the issue of creation of health centers at the stations of the Baku Metro is under discussion.

Also, Passengers of the Baku Metro often encounter problems when loading money on travel cards through payment machines, in this case, passengers may refer to the controller.

So, Baku Metro plans to complete upgrading its payment devices as well.

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