Railway Links With Adjacent Countries
- Azerbaijan - open - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) (Tbilisi-Baku line); a through 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Standard Gauge) connection proposed
- Armenia - open - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) (Tbilisi–Gyumri–Yerevan line)
- Turkey - under construction - Standard Gauge line (Akhalkalaki–Kars) under construction; this standard gauge line will connect with Georgia's 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) railway at Akhalkalaki.
- Russia - closed - 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) - via the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia - closed since the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)
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