Islamic Republic of Iran Railways

Iran, Russia hold talks on expanding coop. in N-S Corridor

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov met and held talks with CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, known as RAI, Jabbar Ali Zakeri to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest.

Afghanistan to be linked with Iranian Chabahar Port soon

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – The Taliban railway chairman announced that Afghanistan will be connected to the Iranian Chabahar port via the Nimroz-Milk railway and the Zahedan railway.

Hamedan-Sanandaj Railway to be inaugurated in few months

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – The Governor of Kordestan said Wednesday that Sanandaj will be connected to the country's railway network in the near future.

Iran, Iraq to resume construction of Shalamcheh-Basra railway

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The CEO of the Iran Railway Company has announced that Iran and Iraq have reached an understanding on two issues of resuming the Shalamcheh-Basra railway and the completion of the joint Tehran-Karbala train.

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Russia-Iran's Astara railway to operationalize soon

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The Iranian ambassador to Moscow predicted the operationalization of regular rail transport of goods from Russia's territories to the northern Iranian city of Astara in the near future.

Iran, Kazakhstan railway heads sign contract for cooperation

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – The heads of the railways of Iran and Kazakhstan signed a MoU to increase cooperation and set preferential tariffs between the two countries in order to significantly increase the transit of goods passing through Iran.

Iran breaks record of rail transport

TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – The Director-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) said Monday that exports through railway network have exceeded 1.7m tons since president Raeisi's government assumed took office last summer.

Iran-Uzbekistan Railway Coop. Protocol inked

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Chief Executive of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) said that Railway Cooperation Protocol was signed and sealed between Islamic Republic of Iran and Republic of Uzbekistan on Wednesday.

2nd ECO train from Pakistan en route to Istanbul crosses Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – The second train within the framework of Asia Anew Initiative or the ITI Corridor left Pakistan for Iran and then Turkey on Dec. 29 with the coordination of customs and railways administration in those three countries.

Envoy calls for completing connecting Iranian railway to Iraq

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad called for the completion of construction of a project connecting Iranian railway to neighboring Iraq.

Iranian railway joins UNESCO World Heritage List

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – The Iranian Railway has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.