---
title: "Railroad Law"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/licensing-and-regulatory-permits-en/railroad-law-749-en"
field: "Licensing & Regulatory Permits"
description: "Railroad law: state support, management, passenger rights and safety of movement. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-29"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Railroad Law

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## The foundations of railroad law

The Georgian Code on Railroad Transport defines the economic, legal, organizational and technological foundations of the functioning of railroad transport, its place and role in the country's economy and social sphere, regulates the legal relations arising from the use of railroad services, and establishes the rights, obligations and liability of their participants. The Code also defines the procedure and conditions for the provision of public railroad transport services, as well as the procedure and conditions for concluding a public service contract.

The Code applies to the railroad system, the carriage of passengers by rail, the transportation of freight, luggage, cargo luggage and mail, and to activities related to the functioning of the railroad system. The state promotes the development of railroad transport and, given its strategic and social role, creates favourable conditions for the functioning of this branch — this norm sets the statist accent of railroad law.

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### What does the Railroad Code regulate?

The economic, legal, organizational and technological foundations of the railroad's functioning, the relations arising from the use of its services, and the rights and obligations of participants.

### Can the main line track be alienated?

It is inadmissible, except for the placement of this property in an enterprise operating with more than 50 percent state equity participation.

### Within what period may a complaint be submitted?

Within 3 months from the occurrence giving rise to the right of claim; the complaint is examined within 1 month.

### What measures does the Agency have?

A demand for elimination within a set period, written advice and recommendations, or the imposition of administrative liability with a report on an administrative offence.

### What is a zone of increased danger?

The territories of stations, buildings and platforms and the tracks where trains move; the presence of unauthorized persons there is prohibited.