TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said his ministry has plans to add some 1,500 kilometers of the railroad to the Iran rail network by the end of the current administration’s term (August 2021). Speaking at a ceremony to launch a new subway station in Hashtgerd in the […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said his ministry has plans to add some 1,500 kilometers of the railroad to the Iran rail network by the end of the current administration’s term (August 2021).
Speaking at a ceremony to launch a new subway station in Hashtgerd in the northern province of Alborz on Tuesday, Eslami highlighted his ministry’s plans to improve the Iran rail network, reported Tasnim News Agency.
In recent years, the Iranian administration has ramped up efforts to boost the country’s railroad industry.
In November, Iran inaugurated a new railroad connecting the northwestern cities of Mianeh and Bostan Abad, which shortens the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
The agreement on the INSTC project was signed in 2012. Among the signatories and acceding countries are Russia, Iran, India, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Oman, and Syria. Bulgaria has an observer status in the project.
The INSTC project envisages the construction of transport and infrastructure facilities along the shipping route through India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, and North Europe.
The project is aimed at reducing the costs and the time of railroad and maritime deliveries between the countries located along the route.
- source : Iran Daily, Irannews
