Interval to Be Reduced between Metro Trains

Tbilisi City Hall is working to reduce the intervals between Tbilisi subway trains, the Mayor of the capital Kakha Kaladze reported live on the Georgian First Channel.

At present, the interval between trains varies from 3 to 5 minutes in the daytime and from 8 to 10 minutes in the evening.

"We are planning to add cars and are negotiating with Stadler, with whom we have a memorandum of cooperation. We want to reach an agreement within the framework of the memorandum so that the production and assembly of wagons takes place in Georgia, satisfying not only the needs of our metro, but also serving the entire region," Kaladze said, adding that old metro cars would be repaired in parallel.

The company Stadler, in May, decided to build a regional plant in Georgia and plans to supply the region with high standard trains.

Stadler was founded by Swiss Ernst Stadler in 1942. Since then, the company has grown rapidly. To date, Stadler is represented in 11 European regions, Africa, Australia and the USA. Stadler specializes in the production of passenger trains and wagons and employs more than 7,000 people.

By Shawn Wayne