Transcaucasus Railway

Transcaucasus Railway

The railway in 1967—1991
Overview
Headquarters	Tbilisi
Reporting mark	ZZhD
Locale	Russian Empire  Soviet Union (Russia, Abkhazia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)#  Turkey
Dates of operation	1871–1991
Successor	TCDD, RZhD, IRIR, ADDY, GR, HYU, AKR
Technical
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)

The Transcaucus Railway (Russian: Закавка́зская желе́зная доро́га) was the first railway in South Caucasus.^[1]

It was funded by the Russian Empire as a strategic railway connecting the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. The railway would allow the Russian army to have better control of Caucasia. Also with the Trans-Caspian railway, Russia could transport troops from Central Asia much faster. The railway operated as a private company between 1865–1922 and a subsidiary railway of the Soviet Railways from 1922–1991.