TEHRAN (Iran News) – Deputy Minister for Roads and Urban Development, Chairman of the Board and President of RAI said that for the first time a joint rail corridor between Iran and the 4 countries of the region will transport Chinese container cargo to Europe. During his recent visit to Ankara, Saeid Rasouli said, “At […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Deputy Minister for Roads and Urban Development, Chairman of the Board and President of RAI said that for the first time a joint rail corridor between Iran and the 4 countries of the region will transport Chinese container cargo to Europe.
During his recent visit to Ankara, Saeid Rasouli said, “At the recent meeting of the railways of Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Turkey, a document was signed to establish the rail road linking Chinese corridor.”
He continued that the participants in the meeting agreed to transport container cargo from China to Turkey and from there to Europe via this corridor.
Rasouli described the event as an important and a new chapter in transport relations between the two countries, and said it would promote economic cooperation and prosperity in the countries along the route.
According to the Chairman of the Board and President of RAI, as per an agreement between the mentioned countries all cargo will be transported at the same rate.
Iran currently has two contracts with France’s rail transport company Alstom and Germany’s Siemens to build locomotives, Nematzadeh said.
The country itself has a sizable capacity for construction of railroad cars. The minister said Iran can produce five passenger train coaches and 3,000 freight wagons as well as 50-60 locomotives a year.
Iran is a vast country, with a territory more than 1.6 million square kilometers. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf in the south which are linked through the famous Trans-Iranian Railway.
The line is famous for being used by the Anglo-Soviet occupiers in 1940s to ship arms supplies during World War II.
Iran is known to have established the world’s most ancient transportation system. The Persian Royal Road in the 5th century BC stretched over 2,400 kilometers which spanned the entire territory under the Achaemenid empire.
The country was also home to one of the world’s first urban centers in Susa more than 6,400 years ago.
- source : ILNA, Irannews
