Turkmenistan has received the first of its order for a number of Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ) locomotives to move goods and people along the Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Iran railway. The LKZ locomotives were designed by GE Transportation for the US market but have been modified for the extreme weather conditions found in the region. Turkmenistan has […]
In a ceremony attended by senior officials from all the countries involved, the 925 km Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Iran Railway was inaugurated yesterday. The railway forms part of the international North South Transport Corridor and is designed to spread wealth throughout the region whilst reducing congestion on the roads. Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Nursultan Nazarbayev of […]
According to Mohsen Ahmad, President of Dubai World Central’s Logistics District, the new GCC Railway Network will help create an era of economic growth when completed in 2018. At present only 6% of Saudi Arabia’s international trade is with the other five nations of the GGC. The new railway network will boost connectivity with the […]
As part of the planned, 7200km railway project linking St Petersburg in Russia with Mumbai in India, Russia is investing money and expertise in the North - South railway line between Astara in Azerbaijan and Qazvin in Iran. Massive investment is taking place across Asia in new railway links between Russia, China, the Persian side […]
Five Eurasian countries discussed a new transport and transit corridor between Turkey and Afghanistan. This will boost trade in the region and help stabilize the situation in Afghanistan by aiding it in diversifying its economy. Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan discussed improving economic relations in Eurasia through the construction and implementation of the transport […]
China has announced plans to invest in railways connecting Europe and the Far East via Middle Eastern countries including Iran, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. This will give a cheaper alternative to supplying Europe goods by air and a faster alternative to moving goods by sea. Cargo trains already move between the two regions - notably on […]
The Gorgan-Incheh Boroun-Turkmenistan railway linking Kazakhstan with Iran’s Persian Gulf ports is a major priority for IRNA according to the Director General of the North Railway Department Yussef Geran Pasha. The line will carry up to 3 million tonnes of grain via Persian Gulf ports to the rest of the world once complete, a significant […]
Amidst plans to link the caucasus, Iran and Russia by rail, Iran is about to build a railway between Rasht and Iranian Astara, financed by Russia. In turn, Azerbaijan will build a link from the Azerbaijani Astara to Iran’s Astara. This will form a strategic and economic link between Russia, via Azerbaijan’s railway network, into […]
In the face of dwindling oil reserves, Oman is aiming at being a logistics hub for the GCC. The new railway network, that begins construction in the next 12 months, will be of core importance to this plan. Omani authorities and businesses are aggressively expanding Sohar Port in an attempt to make it competitive with […]
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called for the new railways linking Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan’s borders to be completed as soon as possible. In a meeting of the Resistance Economy Headquarters, led by President Rouhani, the Roads and Rural Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi gave a presentation of the country’s current railway construction plans that are due […]
