Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 11 / Trend E.Ismayilov /
The meeting of the Azerbaijani, Iranian and Russian working groups under the North-South railway project is scheduled for Dec.22-23 in Tehran, Azerbaijani State Railway Office Head Nadir Azmammadov said today.
Tehran will host the meeting of working groups under the North-South railway project dec.22-23, he added.
The North-South transport corridor envisages unified railway transportation from Europe to India and Southeast Asia via Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran. According to preliminary estimates, the project will cost over $400 million and much work should be done in Iran, which has no rail link to the border with Azerbaijan. Certain work worth about $35-40 million should be conducted in Azerbaijan.
The work to be conducted in Azerbaijan envisages constructing about 8.5 kilometers railway station to the Astara station (Azerbaijan), having a wheel pair change system, border and customs infrastructure. It is also necessary to build a border railway bridge. However, this project will be implemented on a parity basis with Iran.
It is forecasted goods transportation via this corridor will be 5 million tons per year in the first stage and further it is planned to increase to 10-15 million.
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