ITI Freight Train Arrives in Iran

The freight train traveling along the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) corridor arrived in Iran on Monday, a week after it was sent off from Margallah Station in Islamabad.
According to Pakistan Observer, the cargo train has 26 bogies with 23 tons of goods in each. The train will cover 6,500 kilometers, of which 2,570 km are in Iran, 2,000 km in Turkey and around 1,900 km in Pakistan. It will reach the final destination, Istanbul, in 12 days.
The train arrived at Zahedan Station on Monday after crossing the Iranian border, the freight was reloaded from the Pakistani to European wagons and sent off to Raze, Iran’s border with Turkey, IRNA reported
Pakistan’s Minister of Railways Azam Khan Swati along with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood inaugurated the ITI freight train service. The ambassadors of Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also attended the train departure ceremony.