$360m Worth of Rail Projects Ready

Railroad projects worth 13.9 trillion rials ($360 million) will be inaugurated by Friday on the occasion of the 10-Day Dawn ceremonies, which culminate in the celebration of the 38th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, said Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi. “Of the total sum, $189 million pertain to new rail projects. One hundred and ninety-eighty kilometers of new railroads will be connected to five provincial capitals,” he was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency. “We have double tracked 496 kilometers of railroads with an investment of $142 million.”