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Launch date of railway on Azerbaijan-Iran border revealed

Business Materials 14 December 2017 17:32 (UTC +04:00)
The (Azerbaijan’s)Astara-(Iran’s)Astara railway within the International North-South Transport Corridor project will be commissioned Dec. 25
Launch date of railway on Azerbaijan-Iran border revealed

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 14

By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:

The (Azerbaijan’s) Astara - (Iran’s) Astara railway within the International North-South Transport Corridor project will be commissioned Dec. 25, AzRusTrans company (joint venture of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC and Rusagrotrans CJSC) said Dec. 14, quoting Iranian Railroad Company’s Director General for International Affairs Abbas Nazari.

He said that Azerbaijan and Iran discussed issues related to customs procedures and issuance of visas, as well as the use of cargo terminal in Iran’s Astara city.

The International North-South Transport Corridor is meant to connect Northern Europe with Southeast Asia. It will serve as a link connecting the railways of Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia. At the initial stage, it is planned to transport 5 million tons of cargo per year through the corridor and more than 10 million tons of cargo in the future.

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