The first container train on the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Turkey route, carrying a cargo of sulfur, arrived at Tehran’s train station from Incheh Borun border at 16:00 hours on Saturday.
Marking the activation of the transit corridor, the train is scheduled to continue its journey to Turkey and Europe.
It has 24 wagons and 48 twenty-foot containers, IRNA reported.
Nurlan Sauranbayev, chairman of Kazakhstan National Railways, who recently accompanied a high-ranking delegation to Iran said after a meeting with Miad Salehi, the CEO of the Islamic Republic Railways, that the two sides have signed a memorandum of understanding.
As per the MoU, part of the freight carried along the China-Russia-Europe rail corridor will be redirected through China-Kazakhstan-Iran-Turkey rail transportation route.
They signed another MoU for expanding Tehran-Nur-Sultan rail transportation ties, setting preferential transportation tariffs and increasing transit through the two countries.
