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Over 500 Wagons Added to Iran Rail Fleet

mahla — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:14:21 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) –In a ceremony attended by the CEO of the Railway of the Islamic Republic of Iran (RAI) Miad Salehi, 516 brand-new freight wagons, 12 brand-new locomotives, 5 overhauled locomotives, 8 brand-new passenger wagons, and 17 freight wagons joined the railway fleet.

He went on to say that these wagons and locomotives have been fully manufactured by domestic engineers, ISNA reported.

According to another RAI official, 93 locomotives in the production and renovation fields have entered the nationwide rail network since August 2021 when the administration of the late President Ebrahim Raisi assumed office.

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Railway fleet to receive 1,500 renovated wagons

mahla — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:25:33 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry plans to renovate 1,500 wagons and locomotives to be added to the country’s railway fleet by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2022), Transport Minister Mohammad Eslami announced.

Speaking on the sidelines of an event on the occasion of the National Productivity Day on Saturday, Eslami said: “The renovation of the mentioned fleet will be accelerated if the necessary funds for the program are provided on schedule.”

The official noted that over 1,800 freight and passenger wagons and locomotives were produced or renovated in the country over the past two years, adding: “Although the figure was less than the previous periods, all the new locomotives and wagons produced in the past two years have been domestically-made, whereas, in the past, renovations were done with imported products.”

The National Productivity Day ceremony, held in Tehran, was attended by senior officials including the head of the National Productivity Organization of Iran and the Head of the Islamic of Iran Railways (known as RAI).

The development of the railway sector is one of the macro policies of the Iranian government as it has been emphasized by the general policies of the country’s national development plans.

Advantages such as consuming less fuel and creating less pollution as well as high safety attaches priority to the railway when compared to some other transportation systems, and makes its development economically viable.

When it comes to railway development, the renovation of existing infrastructures comes also under the spotlight, as according to RAI, currently the average age of the country’s passenger and freight wagons stands at 24 years and there are also rail tracks that have been built over 50 years ago.

In this regard, RAI has been implementing new programs for replacing old wagons and locomotives with new ones to reduce the age of the country’s fleet.

Based on the mentioned programs, some 451 wagons and locomotives valued at 9.33 trillion rials (about $222.1 million) were added to the country’s railway fleet in seven stages during the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20).

Back in December 2020, RAI Head Saeed Rasouli announced that the Iranian railway industry has become completely self-reliant in manufacturing freight wagons.

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615 worn-out passenger wagons scrapped in a year

reporter 1222 — Tue, 29 May 2018 12:30:22 +0000

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, by the end of the Iranian calendar month of Tir (July 22), some 397 worn-out passenger wagons will be scrapped.

IRIR is planning to reduce its fleet age range to 20 years by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

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