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Iran’s railroad sector attracts huge investment

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – The Iranian private sector on Sunday concluded two agreements with the administration on a significant investment in the country’s railroad infrastructures and transportation.
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Publish Date:21/April/2025 | 10:33

Iran, Turkey to transport one million tons of cargo via rail

The chief executive of the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran said Tehran and Ankara have targeted transporting one million tons of cargo via rail network between the two countries in the next Iranian calendar year.
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Publish Date:02/December/2023 | 16:18

Yazd-Fars Railroad Linkup by March 2021

EghtesadOnline: The railroad project connecting the central province of Yazd to Fars Province in southwest Iran will come on stream by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021), a deputy minister of roads and urban development said.
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Publish Date:17/August/2020 | 11:31

More Funding for NW Rail Project

EghtesadOnline: A total of 14 trillion rials ($79 million) worth of investments have been made in the 175-kilometer-long Ardabil-Mianeh railroad project so far, according to the head of the Plan and Budget Organization.
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Publish Date:13/June/2020 | 18:17

Rise in Railroad Exports of Goods From Sarakhs

EghtesadOnline: More than 800,000 tons of commodities have been exported to Central Asian countries via railroad from Sarakhs Border Terminal in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21), registering a 58% surge compared with the corresponding period of last year.
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Publish Date:30/December/2019 | 24:57

Iran, Azerbaijan to Build Rasht-Astara Railroad

EghtesadOnline: Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to build a railroad between Rasht, the capital of Iran's Gilan Province, and the border city of Astara in Azerbaijan as part of the International North–South Transport Corridor.
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Publish Date:15/December/2019 | 13:16

East-West Transit Corridor's Golden Link Inaugurated

EghtesadOnline: The 132-kilometer-long Mianeh-Bostanabad railroad was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani in Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan Province on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:30/November/2019 | 11:16

Major Rail Project to Be Inaugurated in Iran Next Week

EghtesadOnline: The 132-km-long Mianeh-Bostanabad railroad, part of a bigger Mianeh-Tabriz rail project connecting East Azarbaijan Province to the national rail network, is scheduled to be inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani on Nov. 21, the deputy head of the Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company for railroad expansion.
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Publish Date:12/November/2019 | 11:58

MoU to Help Connect Iran Railroad to Turkey

EghtesadOnline: A memorandum of understanding for carrying out feasibility studies on the construction of Jolfa-Poldasht-Cheshmeh Sorayya rail route stretching from East to West Azarbaijan provinces has been signed.
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Publish Date:30/September/2018 | 05:46

Anzali Port to Be Connected to National Railroad

EghtesadOnline: Anzali Port in the northern Gilan Province will be connected, through a 3.8-kilometer rail route, to the national railroad system, according to the deputy minister of roads and urban development, Kheirollah Khademi.
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Publish Date:18/September/2018 | 11:39

Iran Invites Azerbaijan to Join New Railroad

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi has invited Azerbaijan to join a new railroad that links the border town of Parsabad in Iran’s Ardabil Province to Mugan Plain in northwestern Iran and the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Publish Date:31/July/2018 | 05:31

Railroad ’s Meager Share in Suburban Transportation

EghtesadOnline: Between 6 million and 8 million trips are taken to and from cities to suburban areas in Iran every day, of which only 17,000 are by rail. This means the suburban rail system accounts for only around 0.2-0.3% of the suburban passenger transportation, Mir Hassan Mousavi, deputy for passenger affairs with the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, said.
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Publish Date:18/July/2018 | 11:44

Railroad Fleet Expanded

EghtesadOnline: A total of 428 domestically-made/overhauled train wagons worth 16.18 trillion rials ($40 million) joined Iran’s rail fleet on Dec. 20, during a ceremony attended by Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash and the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Miad Salehi.
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Publish Date:23/December/2022 | 21:02