Rail Transport in Iran
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May 21,2023A knowledge-based company has developed a passenger information system (PIS) that is mainly used in subways to make announcements and broadcast promotional videos, the CEO of Madar Tarah-e Arad... -
April 09,2023Rail passengers in Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (13 days starting from March 21) registered the highest growth among all modes of transportation compared with the previous year, according to...
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October 02,2022A second transit train from Russia has arrived in Iran across the northeastern Sarakhs rail border, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways announced. “The train with 37 wagons is...
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December 06,2021More than 4.93 million tons of goods were transported by railroad from Shahid Rajaee Port of Hormozgan Province to destinations across the country during the current Iranian year’s first eight...
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November 27,2021The northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province has recorded the highest volume of exports from Iran via railroad since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21). According to a local official...
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December 05,2020The share of Iran’s railroads in land transit reached 30% during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), showing a 220% increase compared with last year, according to the...
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August 08,2020Chabahar Port and Afghanistan have signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to expand cooperation in transportation, transit, investment and logistics. “Based on the MoU, the Afghan...
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June 13,2020A total of 41,535 tons of goods were exported through Astara border rail terminal during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20), to register a 178% growth compared with...
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May 01,2019Passenger rail services between the capital cities of Iran and Turkey are set to resume in July, the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways announced. Saeid Rasouli made the announcement...
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April 27,2019The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways will join the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration to carry out a rail-port transportation drill at...
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September 12,2018More than 18,285 tons of commodities were exported from Iran to Pakistan via Zahedan-Quetta Railroad connecting the two countries during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-...
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July 17,2018Between 6 million and 8 million trips are taken to and from cities to suburban areas in Iran every day, of which only 17,000 are by rail. This means the suburban rail system accounts for only...
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July 03,2018Around 6.7 million passengers were transported by urban and suburban railroads during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), registering a 15% increase compared with...
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April 20,2018Around 24.45 million passengers were transported by Iran’s railroads in the last Iranian year (March 2017-18), showing a 6.3% rise compared with the previous year, the deputy for passenger affairs...
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March 16,2018Close to 47 million tons of cargo have been transported via railroad in Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017), which indicates a 17.5% increase compared with the...
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March 14,2018Azerbaijan and Iran are planning to sign a credit agreement in late March for Azerbaijan to finance the construction of Rasht-Astara Railroad, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev told...
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March 10,2018A delegation headed by Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev will pay a visit to Iran from March 12 to 14, the Ministry of Economy told APA-Economics. During the visit, Mustafayev...
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February 11,2018A freight train arrived in Iran’s northern border city of Astara from Russia’s St. Petersburg on...
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February 04,2018The railroad to connect Iran’s northwestern city of Astara to a namesake Azerbaijani city will come on...
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January 24,2018Iran and Azerbaijan will sign an agreement on the financing of Rasht-Astara...
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January 12,2018The railroad connecting Iran’s northwestern city of Astara to the eponymous Azerbaijani city has...
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January 09,2018Out of the seven prioritized rail projects in the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2017), one...
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December 27,2017Railway officials of Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus met in Baku on Tuesday to...
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December 22,2017The Astara (Iran)–Astara (Azerbaijan) Railroad connecting the two countries’ rail networks is...
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