The trains were stopped in Dalbandin after the track was damaged.

Earlier in January, another freight train was derailed in Chaghi district due to failing of engine, which damaged about 100 feet of the railway track.

The Quetta-Taftan railway is one of four main railways in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The railway is connected to the Iranian city of Zahedan.

Pakistan Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad had earlier said that the Quetta-Taftan-Zahedan rail track will be upgraded on soon.

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Most of these products [included agricultural, chemical, mineral, food and plastic products, cement, plaster, detergents, fabrics, handicrafts, carpets, clothing, footwear] were exported to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia, he emphasized.

He put the number of people who transited from Astara border in the same period at 290,983, showing a significant 66 percent hike as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

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He added that the construction of the railroad will take five years.

“As expected, the railroad will be managed by a private sector investor for 25 years. After that, it will be handed over to the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways,” he said.

Shasafand noted that the project will likely help transit 1.53 million tons of cargo during the first, and the capacity will increase to 10.76 million tons per annum after 20 years.

“During its first year of commissioning, the railroad will be able to carry 101,000 passengers, and this figure will increase to 209,409 passengers after 20 years,” he said.

This railroad will help connect Iran to CIS countries again through Azerbaijan. Thus, Iran will reestablish its railway and trade relations with various countries and be a gateway to foreign markets.

Situated in northwest Iran in East Azerbaijan province, Aras borders Armenia, Azerbaijan and the semi-autonomous Nakhchivan region. The zone has become the main gateway to mainland Iran from the northern Commonwealth of Independent States.

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“During the Turkish-Iranian High Level Cooperation Council (HLCC) meeting, held four months ago in Ankara, the Presidents of the two countries ordered ministers to develop all-out ties and under the framework of our duties we pursue joint interests as well as mutual cooperation and confidence,” Turan said.

Calling the held meeting the most comprehensive and important mutual meeting between Iran and Turkey in transportation sector, he added that the two sides are determined to reach the set annual $30-billion-trade transactions.

As the Turkish minister informed, during the meeting the two sides have signed an MOU, and important decisions have been made in sectors of road railway, marine, and air transportation as well.

Turan also underlined the role that Iran and Turkey play in the region and the significance of their cooperation, which would guarantee interests of both sides and the region, as well.

The Turkish minister added that Turkey and Iran can cat as a bridge to connect Europe to west Asia, and related bilateral negotiations for development of new transportation ways are underway.

The Iranian minister, for his turn, named four pivotal points of the talks and agreements between Iran and Turkey during the held two-day meeting as expansion of transit ties between West Asia and Europe, establishing Tehran-Ankara railway, following up measures for implementing the trilateral Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul agreement, and launching a new railway for developing mutual transit between Iran and Turkey.

“This meeting is held after seven years in this period of time and also after four months after HLCC meeting,” Eslami said, “It reveals the message of the two countries’ officials for development of mutual cooperation and reaching the targeted $30 billion trade transactions.”

As he further explained, worthy agreements have also been signed on modifying the working hours of the offices at mutual borders and also shortening the long queues of trucks at the joint borders to facilitate mutual transit at Bazargan and other borders.

In his remarks, Eslami thanked the Turkish government for their dispatched aid to flood-stricken regions of Iran as well as its political stance against the US unilateralistic policies about Iran.

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“The issues of cooperation with Iran and Turkey to expand internal railways, reconstructing and connecting to various countries, including Central Asia, have been discussed with Prime Minister Imran Khan,” he mentioned.

He added that joint railroad projects with Iran will start after the Pakistani prime minister’s approval.

Referring to the need to strengthening the railway connectivity between Iran and Pakistan, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mohammad Islami said, “Pakistani tenders will definitely help our plans to establish rail connections and trade exchanges.”

The Iranian official said that Iran is prepared to provide passenger trains for Pakistani pilgrims to the holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, and also to Karbala up to Kermanshah under the existing conditions.

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The official expressed hope that the member states, as well as the countries situated along the strategic Corridor’s routes, would gear up their political will to remove the hurdles in developing the mega project.

This could help bring economic prosperity to the regional governments and nations, he added.

Eslami further noted that Iran, for its part, is making every effort to accelerate the development of the projects related to the transportation network’s capacity.

According to him, the strategic “Qazvin-Rasht” railway, which will be inaugurated this Wednesday, will reduce a significant share of cargo transportation costs between Asia and Europe.

The 164-kilometer-long stretch was a missing link in INSTC, which will connect Iran with Russia’s Baltic ports and give Russia rail connectivity to both the Persian Gulf and the Indian rail network.

The minister added that concurrent with the inauguration of the Qazvin-Rasht railway, the construction of the Rasht-Astara railroad will commence, opening new opportunities for the entire Eurasian region.

He added that the construction of Chabahar-Zahedan railway is currently underway, which will connect the country’s northern and southern ports and borders upon the completion.

Eslami further said plans are high on the agenda to link the country’s eastern and western points so as to multiply the corridor’s capacity.

INSTC is a major transit route designed to facilitate the transportation of goods from Mumbai in India to Helsinki in Finland, using Iranian ports and railroads, which the Islamic Republic plans to connect to those of Azerbaijan and Russia.

Once completed, goods could be transported from Mumbai to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas and further to Baku. They could then pass across the Russian border into Astrakhan before proceeding to Moscow and St. Petersburg, and then on to Europe.

INSTC would substantially cut the travel time for everything from Asian consumer goods to Central Eurasia’s natural resources to advanced European exports.

The multimodal route is estimated to reduce the time and cost of transportation of goods between India and Europe from 40 to 15 days.

The corridor is said to have the potential of delivering up to 10 million tons of India-Europe trade via its transportation network.

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 Deputies transport ministries of India, Afghanistan and Iranian Minister of roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami revealed the high welcome of Indian and Afghan investors for investing in Chabahar port.

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