Railroad Transit

First Iranian freight train arrives in Afghanistan's Herat

TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – The Afghanistan Railway Authority said that the first freight train arrived in Herat province from Iran on Monday via the Khaf-Herat railway.
2023-05-09 20:44
Syria plans to link its railway with Iran's: Minister

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Syrian Minister of Transport Zuhair Khazim said that his country is planning to link its railway with Iran's railway in order to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of trade and transport.
2023-04-26 19:00
Iran-Azerbaijan rail trade, transit surge by 60 percent

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – A total of of 571,146 tons of goods were transported between Iran and Azerbaijan through the Astara Railroad Terminal.
2023-04-16 22:00
Implementation of Shalamcheh-Basra railway kicks off

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Following the 2021 bilateral agreement for the construction of the Shalamcheh-Basra Railway, today Iran and Iraq transport ministers met to discuss the details of implementing the project.
2023-04-06 11:45
Rail freight loading exceeds 37 million tons in 10 months

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – Iran's rail freight fleet recorded the loading of 37.13 million tons of goods during the first 10 months of last Iranian year (March 21, 2022-Jan. 20), according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways.
2023-04-05 22:00
Transit of foreign goods via Iran railroad reaches 1.2m tons

TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – A total of 1.21 million tons of foreign goods were transited via the Iranian railroad.
2023-03-17 20:00
Largest dry port near Tehran inaugurated

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – The largest dry port as an inland import/export hub for transhipment in the center of Iran is inaugurated on Monday in the presence of Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development.
2023-03-06 15:33
Rail freight loading hit 33.5m tons in 9 months

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – Iran’s rail freight fleet saw the loading of 33.5 million tons of goods during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21, 2022), according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways.
2023-03-05 10:00
Moscow, Tehran should fortify transit infrastructure: envoy

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Iran and Russia should strengthen transit infrastructure, with the North-South international transport corridor playing an important role in it, Tehran’s Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said, according to Russian media.
2023-03-01 19:30
Foreign goods transit through Iran up 8.6%

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – A total of 10.4 million tons of foreign goods were transited through Iran from the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21 to Dec. 21, according to the director general of the Islamic Republic of Iran Custom.
2023-01-17 22:51
15 railway projects in Iran attracting investments

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – Fifteen railway projects in Iran are attracting investments estimated at 3,469,000 billion IRR for 4,343 kilometers, according to Iran's Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC).
2023-01-10 11:31
Iran imports 26,300 new road freight fleets

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – 26,300 new road freight fleets will be added to Iran's fleet, Dariush Amani, head of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (RMTO), announced.
2023-01-01 16:30
Mehran border registers 55% increase in foreign transit

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – A total of 75,972 tons of foreign goods were transited from the Mehran Border Terminal in 8 months, a local official said.
2022-12-20 13:00
5.4m tons of goods transited from Iran in 8 months

TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – A total of 5.4 million tons of foreign goods transited from Iran’s borders during the first eight months of the current Iranian year.
2022-12-13 13:00
Hamedan-Sanandaj railway will expand Iran's railway network

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Construction of Hamedan-Sanandaj electric railway is currently in its final stages which would link the west of Iran to the country's railway network.
2022-12-06 19:33
Senior lawmaker:

Country’s income increases $10 b due to transits projects

TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – A senior Iranian lawmaker has said that due to the implementation of the North-West to South-East transit projects, the preliminary estimates suggest that the country's income will increase $10 billion.
2022-12-05 17:54
Iran has high potential to diversify energy, transit routes

TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – The Georgian economy minister has said that Iran has high potential to become a transit hub for the transfer of goods and energy to Europe.
2022-12-03 20:37
Zahedan-Khash railroad inaugurated

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Zahedan-Khash Railway as a part of the largest infrastructural project in the east of Iran namely the Chabahar-Zahedan-Sarakhs Railroad is inaugurated on Thursday.
2022-11-12 15:40
Iran, Kazakhstan carry out trial multimodal freight transit

TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) – Iran and Kazakhstan carry out a trial multimodal freight transit (sea and rail) in 2023, according to Hossein Abbasnejad, the director-general of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Hormozgan.
2022-11-07 17:30
Road min.:

Iran ready to create transit corridor between Armenia, PG

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Iranian road minister voiced readiness of Iranian firms for developing transportation between Iran and Armenia and creating a new transit corridor between Armenia and the Persian Gulf via Nordooz village in East Azarbaijan.
2022-11-01 15:40
Iran road minister:

Volume of Iran-Kazakhstan transit to increase four-fold

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – The Iranian Roads and Urban Development Minister has said that with a new agreement between Iran and Kazakhstan, the volume of bilateral transit between the two nations will increase four-fold.
2022-10-31 16:00
Eurasian Economic Union to expand trade ties with Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – The Eurasian Economic Union will expand transport and trade relations with Iran.
2022-10-26 20:00
Tajikistan launches rail transit through Iran's territory

TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – The first freight train of Tajikistan began its journey to the destination of Turkey through territories of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran.
2022-10-19 17:20
Iran to attract 50 mn tons freight transit in region

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iran's active transport diplomacy in the region and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have increased transit through Iran’s territory from Russia and Central Asian counties toward the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf countries.
2022-10-16 16:00
Iran inks transit communique with Central Asian countries

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Iran and Central Asian countries signed a communique at the end of their first transit cooperation meeting on Sunday.
2022-10-09 15:24
Iran, Kazakhstan augment freight transit up to 5 million tons

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Iran and Kazakhstan agreed on a unified tariff rate and 5 million tons of freight transit.
2022-10-09 13:50
Five Russian trains crossing Iran as new transit route blooms

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – The CEO of the railway company said that two Russian freight trains have already crossed Iran as a transit road while 5 more trains have been loaded from Russia and are crossing Iran en route.
2022-10-02 14:56
Direct train from China to Iran to be launched

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – A source in Iran's Ministry of Roads & Urban Development announced that Tehran is making efforts to launch a direct train from China to Iran.
2022-09-19 19:29
Iran, Afghanistan to build new transit route

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – Local sources on Saturday reported that a new transit route will be built between Afghanistan and Iran in Nimruz province.
2022-09-18 13:20
Iran non-oil exports exceed $44bn in current administration

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Statistics showed that Iran’s non-oil exports value from August 23, 2021 to June 21, 2022 topped $44 billion, showing a hike as compared to the same period of last year.
2022-08-27 22:00