259 Rolling Stock Made Locally, Overhauled Since March 20

A total of 259 domestically-made and overhauled locomotives, passenger and cargo wagons worth 4.94 trillion rials ($21.57 million) have been added to Iran's rail fleet since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20), showing a 48% increase compared with the similar period of last year.
Fifty of them worth 690 billion rials ($3 million) joined the fleet during a ceremony attended by Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami and Saeed Rasouli, the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, on July 25.
The new additions include 49 freight wagons newly-manufactured by Wagon Pars Co. and Kowsar Wagon Company as well as one locomotive fully renovated at MAPNA Group, the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development reported.