ArmInfo. Rail freight carriage went off railway paralyzing Gyumri - Yerevan railway.
As Press Secretary of CJSC "South Caucasian Railway" Vardan Aloyan stated in an interview to ArmInfo, the incident occurred at 12:05 pm local time. According to him, due to the incident, the train, coming from Gyumri to Yerevan had to return to the departure terminal. "In order to eliminate the consequences of the incident and the early resumption of the rail link, a team of repairmen are working at the place", resumed Aloyan.
CJSC "South-Caucasian Railway" is a 100% subsidiary of OJSC "Russian Railways" and provides concession management of Armenian railways. CJSC "Armenian Railways" was referred to the concession management of CJSC "SCR" according to the Concession Agreement, signed on February 13, 2008. Term of the concession is 30 years with the right of prolongation for another 10 years.