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Minister: Iran to Link Railway System to Int'l Network
News number: 9202244464
18:33 | 2013-05-26
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Minister of Road and Urbanization Ali Nikzad
announced that the country plans to link its railway system to the
international network in five points.
"Five projects are underway to link Iran's railroad to the
international network, and these projects include linking Sarakhs to
Azerbaijan Republic, Khosravi to Iraq, Shalamcheh to Iraq, Chabahar to
the South sea and Iran to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and China," Nikzad
said on Sunday.
He said that Iran has different plans to link its railway system to
the neighboring countries and numerous projects are being implemented
to this end.
Earlier this month, Nikzad had underlined that the joint railway
connecting national networks of Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will
come into operation soon.
The railway will link Iran to Turkmenistan and then to Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan and will connect the CIS countries with the Indian Ocean
and high seas and the Persian Gulf littoral states.
The primary agreement on the construction of the rail link among Iran,
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan was signed between presidents of
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in April 2007 in the city of Turkmenbashi
and its final agreement was signed in a summit meeting in Tehran in
September of the same year by the three presidents.
The total route of the railway is 1000 kilometers, of which 90
kilometers would be in Iran, 700 kilometers in Turkmenistan and 210
kilometers in Kazakhstan.
The railway facilitates transportation of goods from the Central Asian
countries to the Persian Gulf.
News number: 9202244464
18:33 | 2013-05-26
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Minister of Road and Urbanization Ali Nikzad
announced that the country plans to link its railway system to the
international network in five points.
"Five projects are underway to link Iran's railroad to the
international network, and these projects include linking Sarakhs to
Azerbaijan Republic, Khosravi to Iraq, Shalamcheh to Iraq, Chabahar to
the South sea and Iran to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and China," Nikzad
said on Sunday.
He said that Iran has different plans to link its railway system to
the neighboring countries and numerous projects are being implemented
to this end.
Earlier this month, Nikzad had underlined that the joint railway
connecting national networks of Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will
come into operation soon.
The railway will link Iran to Turkmenistan and then to Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan and will connect the CIS countries with the Indian Ocean
and high seas and the Persian Gulf littoral states.
The primary agreement on the construction of the rail link among Iran,
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan was signed between presidents of
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in April 2007 in the city of Turkmenbashi
and its final agreement was signed in a summit meeting in Tehran in
September of the same year by the three presidents.
The total route of the railway is 1000 kilometers, of which 90
kilometers would be in Iran, 700 kilometers in Turkmenistan and 210
kilometers in Kazakhstan.
The railway facilitates transportation of goods from the Central Asian
countries to the Persian Gulf.