Iran to Break Rail-Track Laying Record

EghtesadOnline: A total of 516 kilometers of new rail tracks will be laid by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2018), which will be an all-time record, Jabbarali Zakeri, the deputy head of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company, was quoted as saying by ILNA.

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16 July 2017

Iran has 3,500 kilometers of railroads under construction. The 20-Year Vision Plan (2005-25) stipulates that the number of passengers using rail transportation in Iran will annually increase from the current 25 million to 65 million, according to Financial Tribune.