Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said that the Republic of Azerbaijan will gain access to the Persian Gulf region via the Ardebil-Mianeh railway.

A senior Iraqi official said that work for a key rail link connecting the country to neighboring Iran will begin in the very near future.

Head of Raja Rail Transportation Company said 77 new passenger wagons are going to be added to the country’s railway transportation fleet before the Persian New Year (Nowrouz) holiday (which starts on March 21).

 A deputy minister of Roads and Urban Development, Amir Amini, said Sat. that Iran’s railway network will be connected to the Eastern Mediterranean states. Negotiations have been held with the neighboring Iraq and Syria for connecting Iran’s railway network to the Eastern Mediterranean countries, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Planning and Resources […]

 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 […]

Railway official Hossein Ashouri said Mon. that despite US sanctions, foreign railway companies have officially announced their decision to remain committed to their agreements with Iran. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Vice President of Operation and International Transportation at Railways of Islamic Republic of Iran (RAI), Hossein Ashouri, said he has no concerns over the implementation […]

TEHRAN – Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) scrapped 615 worn-out passenger wagons last year, IRNA reported on Monday quoting an IRIR official. According to Mojtaba Tafaghodi, IRIR’s deputy director for fleet affairs, by doing so the average age of the IRIR’ fleet of passenger wagons fell by about 10 years, and according to plans, […]

TEHRAN- The managing director of Iran’s Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC) announced that 10 railway stations were inaugurated in the country during the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), IRNA reported. Kheirollah Khademi put the cost of constructing those stations at over 350 billion rials (about $83.33 million). “Some other […]

The state railroad monopoly Russian Railways considers its project on the electrification of the railway in Iran completely civilian and not subject to US sanctions, the company’s CEO Oleg Belozerov said in an interview with Sputnik before the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russian Railways has signed a contract and is preparing for the electrification of the […]

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 […]