Rail Transport in Iran

A 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…

Rail 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…

A 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…

More 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…

The 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…

The 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…

Chabahar Port and Afghanistan have signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to expand cooperation in transportation, transit, investment and logistics.

A total of 922,000 tons of commodities were transported via railroads from Imam Khomeini Port in the southern Khuzestan Province across the country during the first three months of the current…

A 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…

Passenger 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…

The 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…

More 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…

Between 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…

Around 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…

Around 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…

Close to 47 million tons of cargo have been transported via railroad in Iran during the previous Iranian fiscal year (started March 21, 2017), which indicates a 17.5% increase compared with the…

Azerbaijan 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…

A 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…

A freight train arrived in Iran’s northern border city of Astara from Russia’s St. Petersburg on Thursday, marking the inauguration of a cross-border strand of the International North-South…

The railroad to connect Iran’s northwestern city of Astara to a namesake Azerbaijani city will come on stream in the first month of the next Iranian year (starting March 21), the director…

Iran and Azerbaijan will sign an agreement on the financing of Rasht-Astara Railroad project next month.

Announcing the above, Nurollah Beiranvand, the deputy head of the Islamic…

The railroad connecting Iran’s northwestern city of Astara to the eponymous Azerbaijani city has been completed and will come on stream next week, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas…

Out of the seven prioritized rail projects in the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2017), one has been completed and six others are under construction and estimated to become operational…

Railway officials of Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus met in Baku on Tuesday to discuss finalizing issues related to the International North-South Transport Corridor, IRNA reported on…

The Astara (Iran)–Astara (Azerbaijan) Railroad connecting the two countries’ rail networks is scheduled to be launched soon.

Director general of International Affairs Office with the…