Getting around by train Armenia

Long reserved almost exclusively for freight trains, the station east of Gyumri has been back in service since the March 2018 launch of a modern-design electric train to Yerevan. It is not a TGV, since it takes 2 hours to cover the 130 km in one go, but on the scale of Armenia, it is a big step, and at the experimental stage since there are only 4 shuttles on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. While waiting for the other announced trains, there is always the Yerevan-Tbilisi, which connects the capital to Gyumri in more than 3 hours

Yerevan's only central railway station, a beautiful Soviet building topped by a spire, is located on Sassountsi Tavit Square (the metro of the same name), recognizable by the equestrian statue of the mythical hero Tavit of Sassoun, by the here very well known Soviet sculptor Yervant Kotchar. It runs idle with a few regional trains to Sevan and an international train to Tbilisi and Batoum, daily in summer. A Russian company is bringing the network up to standard and since 2018 an electric train has been connecting Yerevan to Gyumri in just 2 hours.