Tbilisi Railway Bypass project - Issue Paper

One of the major concern regarding the project is splitting railway system in two parts. As a result in order to continue usage of railway services people will need to use different means of transport while the project does not address issue of mitigation of discomfort and increased expenses nor the possible reduction in the number of people using the railway, increase in road traffic and decreasing railway incomes. Taking into account the fact that in cities such as London where is currently the case, expensive projects are underway to reverse the situation and make the train network more functional, it is quite unclear why Tbilisi is going in the other direction.