Railroad Fleet Expanded

A total of 428 domestically-made/overhauled train wagons worth 16.18 trillion rials ($40 million) joined Iran’s rail fleet on Dec. 20, during a ceremony attended by Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash and the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Miad Salehi.
The addition included 405 new freight wagons, 11 overhauled passenger wagons, nine new and three overhauled locomotives, IRNA reported.
Investors in the project and buyers of these rolling stock were Ehya Rail Iranian Company, MAPNA Multimodal Transportation Company, Parsian Rail Sharq Company, Sepahran Rail Rasa Company, Tejarat Kushesh Sepahan Company, Azar Kia Tejarat Company, Alborz Nirou Company, Mobarakeh Steel Company, Parto Bar Farabar Persian Gulf Company, Sirjan’s Gohar Tarabar Company, Sina Rail Pars Company and IRIR.