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Iran to launch Bostanabad-Tabriz railway line

Transport Materials 23 November 2020 15:50 (UTC +04:00)
Iran to launch Bostanabad-Tabriz railway line

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23

By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:

The Bostanabad-Tabriz railway line in the East Azerbaijan Province (northwestern Iran) will be put into operation by the end of the current Iranian year (from March 20, 2020, to March 21, 2021), Deputy Director of Iran’s Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC) Abbas Khatibi told Fars news agency, Trend reports.

Khatibi noted that the length of the Bostanabad-Tabriz railway line is 44 kilometers and it is an extension of the Mianeh-Bostanabad railway line.

The deputy director added that 22 trillion rials (about $524 million) have been spent on the construction of the Bostanabad-Tabriz railway line so far, and there is currently 67-percent progress on the construction of the railway line.

“More 20 trillion rials (about $476 million) will also be allocated on the construction of the railway line,” he said.

In general, 7 railway lines with a length of 1,440 kilometers will be put into operation in Iran by the end of the next Iranian year (from March 21, 2021, to March 21, 2022). So far, 101 trillion rials (about $2.41 billion) has been spent on the construction of these railway lines, according to Khatibi.

The deputy director emphasized that more than 163 trillion rials (about $3.88 billion) worth of funds are needed for the construction and launch of these railway lines.

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