Siemens to allocate €3bn finance to Iranian projects

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Deputy Iranian road minister said Siemens of Germany was planning to finance Iranian power and rail projects with a value of three billion dollars.

Iran after expanding rail corridors

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – A senior official in Islamic Republic of Iran Railways has announced that Iran plans to develop rail freight corridors.

Iran, China ink contract to electrify Tehran-Mashhad railway

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – A contract was inked today between Iran and China to supply necessary finance to the Tehran-Mashhad railway electrification project.

Trilateral agreement signed to build subway carriages in Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – A joint cooperation agreement was inked on construction of subway cars at the presence of Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh.

Khaf-Herat railway to open within weeks

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – A senior official in Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said the railway from Khaf in Iran to Herat in Afghanistan will become operational in three weeks.

Italy, Iran sign high-speed rail deal

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – lsamic Republic of Iran Railways and Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) inked three cooperation, investment and training MoUs on Tuesday.

Tehran, Kiev to boost maritime, port partnership

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – An Ukrainian delegation met with head of Iran’s PMO discussing expansion of cooperation in maritime, port and transit sectors.

Azerbaijan to invest in Astara railway station

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Railways announced that an investment agreement has been inked with Azerbaijan Republic for construction and operation of railway terminal in Iran's Astara.

Iran, India call for boosting credit lines

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Economy ministers of Iran and India met in Seoul and examined ways to facilitate the use of credit lines.

Tehran, Dushanbe mull over stronger rail ties

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – An official at Iran's Railway Company said Iran’s aluminum powder and crude oil will be soon exported to Tajikistan via railroad.

Iran, Germany ink railway MoU

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for technical and financial cooperation has been signed between the Bonyad Eastern railway company (Bonrail) and German State Railway.

RAI to sign deal for 6,000 freight wagons

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) – Deputy Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Company (RAI) said an agreement to purchase and build 6,000 freight wagons will be sealed in time with the 5th International Exhibition of Rail Transportation and Related Industries, Equipment.

France to invest in Iran's railway industry, shipbuilding

TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – The Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) known as IDRO Group and the Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) inked an MoU to cooperate in investment, insurance and major projects.

ME railways vision plan drawn up at RAME summit

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – A vision plan for the current and future perspective of Middle East railways has been drawn up based on the activities of the Regional Assembly Middle East (RAME), CEO of the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran said Tuesday.

Tehran to host Iran RAILEXPO 2017

TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – The 5th International Exhibition of Rail Transportation Related Industries & Equipment will convene in the Iranian capital from 15-18 May 2017.

Tehran, Moscow sign MoU to build railcars

TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) – A Memorandum of Understanding was inked Monday between the Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) and Transmashholding, Russia’s largest company on the railway machine-building market.

Iran transits 950k tons of commodities through rail

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Railway official Hossein Ashouri has reported on displacement of 950,000 tons of goods through rail transit in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (began March 20, 2016).

Tehran, Moscow, Baku reach cut rail tariffs by 50%

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – A trilateral meeting between Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan agreed to reduce railway tariffs by 50% in order to activate North-South Transport Corridor.

France ready to renew Iran’s rail fleet

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – France’s economy minister has voiced readiness of Paris to contribute to modernization of Iran’s rail industry.

Iran, Russia to build 6,000 freight cars

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Iran and Russia have agreed to jointly manufacture six thousand railroad cars for domestic consumption.

Railroad to connect Iran, Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – Railway official Hossein Ashouri said the railroad connecting Iran to its eastern neighbor Afghanistan will become operational in the coming Iranian year (to begin March 21).

Tehran, Paris ink railway coop. agreement

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Iranian and French railways who agreed to form six working groups.

Tehran welcomes joint railcar production with Astana

TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – RAI head, while pointing to the need for 31 thousand new passenger and cargo railway wagons inside the country, said Iran welcomed joint train cars by Iranian and Kazakh firms.

First Nakhchivan train enters Mashhad

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – First passenger train from the Republic of Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan arrived in Mashhad on Friday evening.

RAI president:

Astara-Astara railway to come on stream within months

TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – President of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) said the Astara (Iran)-Astara (Azerbaijan) railway line will become operational in the current Iranian year (ending March 20).

Russian Railways to open bureau in Tehran

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Representative of Russian Railways said the transportation company is seeking to set up a representative office in Iran.

Four Central Asian states to boost transit via Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Railway official Hossein Ashouri has reported on an agreement with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan for transit of goods via Iran.