Baku: The Baku-Tbilisi-Baku train service, operated by Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, is set to commence with a passenger capacity of 118 individuals. The service will be using modern trains featuring sleeper-type carriages, as announced by Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, head of the public relations department of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, the trains will offer services in three classes: comfort, comfort+, and luxury. The train comprises six carriages, including one 'Luxury' class carriage, one mixed 'Luxury' and 'Comfort+' class carriage, three 'Comfort' class carriages, and a restaurant carriage. Notably, the 'Comfort' class carriage includes a designated compartment for passengers with limited mobility, while the mixed 'Luxury' and 'Comfort+' class carriage features a special partition that can be adjusted to form a single compartment during family and group trips.
Hajiyev highlighted that the carriages, manufactured by Switzerland's Stadler Rail Group, incorporate next-generation safety technologies and innovative mechanisms. The luxury class compartments, designed for two people, are equipped with a table, television, shower cabin, and sanitary unit. Comfort+ class compartments also cater to two individuals, featuring a television, table, and washbasin. The comfort class compartments accommodate four people, each with a television.
Shared shower cabins and sanitary units are available in Comfort and Comfort+ carriages, whereas luxury carriages offer each compartment a separate shower cabin and sanitary unit. Compartment features include individually adjustable temperature and lighting systems, an attendant call button, sound insulation, a card-operated safe for personal belongings, electrical outlets, internet, TV monitors with content in four languages, remote controls, and headphone sockets.
Passengers will receive clean bed linen and a travel package tailored to their class, with varying amenities such as wet and dry wipes, dental kits, slippers, and additional items for higher classes.