Iran Rail News
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June 24,2018Iran’s Wagon Pars Company, a manufacturer of rolling stock, had a strong presence in the Sixth International Exhibition of Rail Transportation and Related Industries and Equipment, also known as... -
June 20,2018Some 1.05 trillion rials ($25 million) worth of Islamic bonds (Sukuk) have been issued to fund the manufacturing of 50 locomotives by Iran’s Wagon Pars Company, the roads and urban development...
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June 20,2018The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways plans to expand suburban rail routes by 400 kilometers and increase railroad transportation capacities through 712 kilometers of double-tracking in the current...
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June 17,2018The long wait finally came to an end when Esfahan Steel Company supplied the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways with the first batch of domestically produced rails on Sunday. The batch contains 500...
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June 12,2018An Iranian public bank has been chosen to finance the Mianeh-Ardabil railroad project worth 7.5 trillion rials ($178.57 million), the CEO of Iran’s Transportation Infrastructure Construction and...
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May 28,2018The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways plans to add 134 locomotives, 2,800 cargo wagons, 54 intercity passenger wagons and 46 railbuses to its fleet by the end of the current fiscal year (March 20,...
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May 25,2018The finance and construction contract for Gorgan-Bojnord-Mashhad Railroad worth 100 trillion rials ($2.38 billion) was finalized between Iran’s Ghods Razavi Housing and Construction Company and a...
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May 22,2018The state monopoly Russian Railways considers its project on the electrification of the railroad in Iran completely civilian and not subject to US sanctions, the company’s CEO Oleg Belozerov said...
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May 15,2018European companies active in Iran’s rail sector have not yet taken a stance whether to continue or end their cooperation with the Iranian sides after the US unilateral pullout from Iran’s nuclear...
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May 08,2018A contract worth 2.6 trillion rials ($62 million) to manufacture 100 gondola wagons was signed between the Wagon Pars company and a local company on Tuesday, the CEO of Wagon Pars said. Mohammad...
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May 07,2018Tehran-North Railroad feasibility project has gotten underway and is estimated to take at least two years, Mazandaran Governor General Mohammad Eslami said on Monday. “If the project is approved...
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April 29,2018The project to electrify the 430-kilometer-long Garmsar-Sari-Gorgan-Incheh Borun Railroad will kick off in the current Iranian year (started March 21), the deputy head of the Islamic Republic of...
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April 29,2018Section-3 of Khwaf-Herat Railroad, part of Iran-Afghanistan rail corridor, has made 80% progress, according to a delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways which recently visited Herat...
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April 22,2018Three rail projects, namely Urmia, Rasht and the second track of Tabriz railroads, will come on stream in the first half of the current Iranian year that started on March 21, a deputy minister of...
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April 21,2018Despite Iran’s strategic ambitions, routing for freight trains along its emerging transport corridors...
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April 07,2018More than 1.85 million passengers were transported via railroads in Iran during the Iranian New Year holidays, known as Norouz, from March 16 to April 4. “The figure indicates a 10.1% increase...
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