Trans-Iranian Railway now on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have designated the Trans-Iranian Railway a World Heritage Site. The designation was finalized…
Tag Archives: Iran railways
Iran plans 1,200 km of new rail track amid infrastructure push: Minister
Press TV – The Iranian government is pushing to boost infrastructure spending with a plan to launch 1,200 kilometers of new railway…
Iranian rail firms to suffer losses worth $37 million by June 20
Financial Tribune – The number of rail passengers fell by 94% in the Iranian New Year holidays (March 20-April 3) compared with…
Two rail projects to be inaugurated in coming year
MNA – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Construction and Development of Railways, Ports and Airports Abbas Khatibi said…
Iran: Domestically-made, repaired rolling stock join rail fleet
Financial Tribune – A total of 456 locomotives and passenger, cargo and self-propellant wagons have been added to Iran’s rail fleet since…
Tehran-Istanbul train services to be launched by yearend
MNA – Managing Director of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) Saeed Rasouli said on Wed. that Tehran-Istanbul train services will be…
UNESCO to visit Iran for inscription of domestic railway network as industrial heritage
MNA – Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Mohamamd Hassan Talebian announced on Sunday that UNESCO officials are to pay…
Railway development highly dependent on private sector’s involvement
Tehran Times – Expanded transportation via railway is today one of the major pillars of sustainable development for the countries; and it…
Railway fleet receives 213 new domestically-made locomotives, wagons
Tehran Times – Some 213 new domestically-made locomotives and wagons were added to the railway fleet of Iran in a ceremony on…
Connection of all provinces’ capitals to rail line sys., atop govt. agenda
MNA – First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri said that development of rail lines is put atop agenda of the government and plans…
Domestic manufacturers to supply RAI with rails, wagons
Tehran Times – Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said domestic manufacturers are set to supply over 1000…
Construction of 800km of railway to be accomplished by Mar. 2021
MNA – Managing Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) Saeed Rasouli announced on Sunday that by March 2021, construction…
Roads minister elaborates rail transit priorities
MNA – Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami on Sunday elaborated his ministry’s priorities during the current Iranian year…
Domestic factories to manufacture 1,000 passenger wagons: RAI head
MNA – The managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) announced the endorsement of a 20-trillion-rial-agreement (about $151 million)…
‘Over $476m allocated to renovating 1000 wagons, locomotives in a year’
Tehran Times – The head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) announced that 20 trillion rials (about $476.1 million)…
Iran, Uzbekistan discuss promotion of railway coop.
MNA – A high-ranking delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) met and held talks with JSC Uzbekistan Railways officials…
Parl. speaker Larijani lands in Tabriz
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani arrived in Tabriz International Airport, East Azarbaijan province this morning on Jan. 30 for the…
Iran to build movable bridge over Arvand River for connection with Iraq
IRNA – Iran is to build a movable railway bridge over the Arvand River as part of the 35-kilometer Shalamcheh-Basra railway project…
Turkmenistan railways welcomes Iranian trains
IRNA – Director General of the International Trade Department at Iran railways company said that Turkmenistan welcomes Iranian trains and the technical…
Iran rail transport increases by 20% from Mar. to Nov.
MNA – Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development said Tue. that rail transport had a 20% increase since March 21 up…
Iran launches special train service for Arbaeen pilgrims
Tasnim – Iran’s state-run railway company has launched a special train service provided for pilgrims planning to visit Iraq during the Arbaeen…
Tehran-Bandar Abbas railway project to be electrified, costing $3bn
MNA – Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi said that Tehran-Bandar Abbas railway project would be electrified, costing $3…
Iran manufactures first domestic rail tracks
MNA– The director general of Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) said Mon. that the first domestically-constructed rail tracks have been handed over to…
China launches new Iran train route
Press TV – China on Thursday launched a freight train service that connects its northern regions to Iran’s capital Tehran in what…
RZD project to electrify Garmsar–Inche Bourun route to take four years
Tasnim– Implementation of a contract to electrify the Garmsar-Sari-Gorgan-Inche Burun route in Iran, signed between the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR)…
Iran: The place where the world’s rail industry goes to feast
Forbes | Wade Shepard: With most sanctions lifted, Iran is going all-in on its potential to become a transport hub in the heart…
Azeri FM: Baku ready to finance Iran railway construction
IRNA – Azerbaijan is ready to provide Iran with loans to help the country complete construction of the Iran segment of the…
Iran cuts rail fright tariffs to benefit India-Russia route
MNA – A senior official in Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said Iran has reduced tariffs for goods transportation by 50% in…
Russians to finance €1bn rail electrification in Iran
Press TV- A Russian bank has agreed to provide 1 billion euros to electrify a 500 km railway route in northern Iran,…
Iran says World Bank approves 1 billion euros to electrify rail network
Reuters – The World Bank has agreed to provide 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) to electrify the rail network in Iran, the…
Iran to finalize India’s financing of national rail project
August 13,The Iran Project – Deputy Head of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company said Iranian officials will soon travel to…
Joint investments, rail technology transfer with France: Minister
IRNA – The concluded rail agreement with the French company Alstom is for the utmost use of domestic capacities, said the minister…
7 injured after train derailment in southwestern Iran
IRNA – Seven passengers were reportedly injured as two wagons of a train derailed on Saturday in the southwestern Iranian city of…
Iran plans to lease new train cars from Europe
Tasnim – Iran’s state-run railway company is in talks with a number of European companies to lease brand-new train cars, an official…
China to invest in Iran’s electric railway project
May 16, The Iran Project – Chinese investors will finance a project of electrifying the most traffic railroad linking Tehran to the holy northeastern…
Iran to sign deal for 6,000 freight wagons
Trade Arabia – Iran will sign an agreement for buying and building 6,000 freight wagons during the upcoming Iran Rail Expo in…
France to invest in Iran’s rail, shipbuilding industry
Azer News – The largest employer federation in France, MEDEF will invest in Iran’s mega-projects, including the projects in rail and shipbuilding…
Minister: Iran inks contracts with Beijing, Moscow for railway development
FNA- Iranian Road and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi announced that the country has signed contracts with China and Russia to develop…
Conference on India-Iran-Turkey railway opens
Press TV – A multi-nation conference on trans-Asia connectivity has opened in New Delhi to explore the possibility of a rail freight…
Iran transits 950k tons of commodities through rail
MNA – Railway official Hossein Ashouri has reported on displacement of 950,000 tons of goods through rail transit in the first eleven…