YEREVAN. – A total of 6,173 passengers were transported for the first month of running of the Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan route of the "Armenia" train of the "South Caucasian Railway [SCR]" CJSC in. And this figure is 27-percent higher than the data in 2011, when 4,848 passengers were transported for the period from June 15 to July 15, "South Caucasian Railway" informs.

At the same time, the number of passengers of the Yerevan-Batumi train was 3,804, which is 15-percent higher than last year. And "SCR" CJSC transported 2,369 passengers in the opposite direction, which is 53-percent more than in 2011.

To note, the average number of passengers in the trains during the specified period was 21 per car, which is 62-percent higher than last year, when the average number was 13.

In general, 14,117 tickets were sold for "Armenia" train, from June 1 to  July 15, which is 9 percent above last year's figure of 13,861 tickets. Moreover, from the tickets so far sold in 2012, 11,875 tickets were sold at the SCR ticket offices and 2,242 tickets were sold at the ticket offices of the Georgian Railway.

Most tickets were sold in Yerevan, with 10,335. A total of 729 tickets were sold in Vanadzor, 646 tickets in Gyumri, and 112 tickets in Armavir.