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 […]

TEHRAN- Transit of goods via Iran’s railway network is planned to reach three million tons in the current Iranian calendar year (which ends on March 20, 2019), according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI). Some 1.58 million tons of goods have been transited via Iranian railways in the past calendar year, […]

Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, who is accompanying President Rouhani on his trip to India, announced on Saturday that Indians have expressed their initial agreement to invest $ 2 billion in Iran’s ports and railways. Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi said that Indians have expressed their initial agreement […]

TEHRAN – Iran and South Korea signed a contract on Saturday to jointly manufacture railbuses for public transportation in suburban Tehran. The contract was signed during a ceremony in the Iranian capital, Tehran, attended by Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi. According to the terms of the agreement, an Iranian-Korean consortium will […]

TEHRAN- Development of Iran’s railway requires $28 billion investment, Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi announced on Saturday. Saying that development of railway transportation is emphasized by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the minister stated that not only does railway transportation lead to economizing on fuel consumption, it boosts safety as well. He went on to say that […]