The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) is engaged in a significant expansion of its rail network, with the intention of radically increasing rail’s nine per cent modal share (33 million tonnes) of annual freight...Read more
The Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) is to provide its container fleet and equipment for freight transportation on the North-South International Transport Corridor. This corridor connects India, Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia. The company concluded...Read more
Russian logistics operator JSC RZD Logistics and Indian operator Container Corporation of India Ltd (Concor) have agreed to explore logistics opportunities in Russia, India and on the International North-South Transport Corridor.
The agreement was sealed in...Read more
When sanctions on Iran were removed in 2016, European railway companies gradually started setting up rail freight corridors to or via Iran. This year, some of those sanctions re-imposed, with the first set of restrictions...Read more
Iran is strategically located to serve as a transit country on a variety of international rail freight corridors. Where does Iran stand today? Babak Ahmadi, Member of the Board of the Railways of the Iranian...Read more
A new freight train service connecting China and Iran became operative last Thursday, 10 May. It departed from Bayannur city in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and left for Tehran, the capital of the...Read more
The Astara – Astara railway line connecting Iran and Azerbaijan will be inaugurated on Wednesday, 29 March. The line between the two cities of the same name has been one of the missing links on...Read more
Negotiations are underway over the creation of a new rail freight route connecting the south of Asia to the north of Europe through the territories of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. This was reported by...Read more