Iranian Trains to Help Pilgrims Traveling From Tehran to Karbala

Trains will be launched fromn Tehran next week to help transport Iranian pilgrims heading to the Iraqi city of Karbala during Arbaeen commemorations, says the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways.
“Pilgrims will board trains in Tehran to travel to the Shalamcheh border. From there, they will travel 30 kilometers by bus to the Iraqi city of Basra and then take a train to Karbala,” Miad Salehi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Salehi, who is also a deputy minister of roads and urban development, said that between Sept. 6 and 21, IRIR will double the number of train trips along Tehran-Kermanshah, Tehran-Khorramshahr and Tehran-Ahvaz routes to accommodate the pilgrims.