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Russia to finance electrification of Garmsar-Incheh Borun railway project

reporter 1222 — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 11:30:13 +0000

Technical and Infrastructural Deputy CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Mazyar Yazdani said that Garmsar-Incheh Borun Railway project will be electrified using Russian finance at €1.2 billion.

Garmsar-Incheh Borun Railway project will be electrified in a period of four years, he maintained.

The inaugural ceremony for launching electrification of Garmsar-Incheh Borun Railway project will be held tomorrow at the venue of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways in the presence of distinguished Iranian and Russian officials.

The financial resources of this rail project will be provided by Russia using $1.2 billion finance scheme, he observed.

Garmsar-Incheh Borun rail line is located at Iranian transit route from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Amirabad Port, he said, adding, “moreover promoting transit capacity, operation of this giant rail project will play an important role in transport of passengers.”

Once this contract is finalized, not only rail transport situation will be improved, but also rail transit capacity is also increased, he reiterated.

He put the length of Garmsar-Incheh Borun railway at about 430 km, more than 200 km of which is located in mountainous region.

He pointed to the salient specification of this rail project as follows: increasing cargo transport capacity, reducing noise and environmental pollution as well as decreasing liquid fuel consumption rate.

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Garmsar–Incheboron railway electrification project underway

reporter 1222 — Wed, 16 May 2018 04:35:44 +0000

TEHRAN- The project for electrification of Garmsar–Incheboron railway to the length of 495 kilometers, linking Garmsar in the north-central province of Semnan to Incheboron in the northeastern province of Golestan, is being implemented.

The project will be financed by Russia and will be operated through cooperation of Russian and Iranian companies. It includes supplying fleet and repairing and upgrading entire infrastructures such as tracks, stations, and signaling systems along the route.

Preliminary and contractual measures have been completed over the past couple of years and the project is now in the phase of construction, the public relations department of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) announced on Tuesday.

Maziyar Yazdani, the deputy head of RAI for infrastructure and technical affairs, said: “The route contains Garmsar to Incheboron, branch line of Gorgan to Sabz Dasht and branch line of Rostam Kola to Amir Abad, that all of them are single track lines. Major part of this route is in the oldest line of Iran railways network.”

This route’s severe gradient and being single track have made it a bottleneck for north to south corridor of Iran railways, he noted.

As this route throws out mountains and due to its difficult accessibility, for increasing carrying capacity of line, technical studies resulted in the option of electrification, the official explained.

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RZD Project to Electrify Garmsar–Inche Bourun Route to Take Four Years

reporter 1222 — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:30:22 +0000

Implementation of a contract to electrify the Garmsar-Sari-Gorgan-Inche Burun route in Iran, signed between the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) and Russian railway operator RZD International, will take four years, a report said.

The Russian firm said in the report that as part of the contract, RZD International will train IRIR engineers and technicians in Russian railway colleges and universities in order to increase their qualification for service and management of the upgraded infrastructure.

The project will be financed by the state export credit granted by the Government of the Russian Federation to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was entered into force in November 2017.

The project is expected to be implemented within four years.

Iran and Russia signed the agreement for the project on March 28, 2017, during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Moscow.

The train line, among the first in Iran with a history of 80 years, extends to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan and links the Central Asia to the Persian Gulf and beyond.

The project will cover 32 stations and 95 tunnels, 7 traction substations, 11 section pillars, 6 duty posts of the contact station and power supply administration building.

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