The 'Ghaltakhchi' Railway Station of the South Caucasus Railways is Commissioned

The South Caucasus Railways continues the process of restoring and modernizing infrastructure. On December 6, the electric centralization system (ECS) base of the 'Ghaltakhchi' railway station, which was destroyed during the 1988 Spitak earthquake, was commissioned. Since then, railway employees have been operating in temporary structures, ensuring the uninterrupted movement of trains, especially during difficult first months for the republic after the natural disaster.

As part of the station's infrastructure restoration, a new station building has been constructed, the ECS has been restored, necessary equipment has been installed, and structures have been gasified. The railway has directed more than 60 million drams towards the reconstruction of the station.

The 4th class intermediate 'Ghaltakhchi' station accepts and sends more than 360 trains annually, with an annual unloading volume of 4,000 tons. The station is already 120 years old, having been in operation since 1899, and was once the divisional station of the Tiflis (Tbilisi) – Alexandrapol (Gyumri) – Kars railway.

This is the third station where the ECS bases have been restored or reconstructed since 2017. A similar program was completed at the 'Karmir Blur' station in 2017 (cost: 57.5 million drams) and at the 'Zod' station in 2018 (cost: 52 million drams). All work has been carried out exclusively with in-house resources, reflecting the high qualifications of the employees of the South Caucasus Railways.

Annually, the railway allocates 40–50 million drams for the training of specialists in various sectors. Since its operation, the South Caucasus Railway has restored 9 ECS bases in the Armenian railways. Since 2008, more than 3.5 billion drams have been allocated for the modernization of automation, remote mechanics, and communication equipment.

The reconstruction of railway infrastructure and facilities, restoration of railway enterprises, modernization of the linear economy, and improvement of safety standards are among the priorities of South Caucasus Railways' activities. Since 2008, the locomotives and wagon depots in Gyumri have been restored, and 55 major artificial structures, 482 kilometers of track, 54 networks, and major stations, including 48 passenger system buildings and 70 station system buildings, have been renovated and reconstructed.

From 2008 to 2019, investments by the South Caucasus Railways in the Armenian railway transport sector amounted to 120 billion drams.

The South Caucasus Railways is a subsidiary of Russian Railways and operates the concession management of the Armenian railway system. According to the agreement signed in Yerevan on February 13, 2008, the concession management period is 30 years, with the possibility of extending it for another 10 years by mutual consent of the parties.