2024-06-23 15:48:58
The commissioning ceremony of the Rasht-Caspian railway happened within the Iranian province of Gilan.
As Day.Az stories on Thursday close to Iranian media, appearing Iranian President Mohammad Mokhbar took half within the launch ceremony.
The Rasht-Caspian railway is taken into account as an extra hyperlink within the North-South transport hall, and this vital venture is called a bridge connecting European international locations with the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.
Sooner or later, it’s deliberate to construct the following part of tracks from the port of Caspian to the town of Astara within the north-west of the nation.
Observe that on Might 17, 2023, an settlement was signed between Russia and Iran on the development of the Rasht-Astara railway in Gilan province in northern Iran. 9 stations will likely be constructed on the 163 km lengthy Rasht-Astara railway line. With the completion of this railway, the worldwide North-South hall will likely be improved, and Iran’s railway community will likely be related to the Caucasus international locations, Russia and Northern European international locations. In keeping with the settlement, the Russian facet should spend 1.6 billion euros on the development of this railway. This railway is deliberate to be constructed and accomplished inside 48 months.
Allow us to add that on the premise of the intergovernmental settlement signed between Russia, Iran and India on September 12, 2000, the inspiration was laid for the North-South transport hall. Usually, numerous international locations (the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Bulgaria, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Sultanate of Oman, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine) have ratified this Settlement. The aim of making the hall is to cut back supply instances for items touring from India to Russia, in addition to to Northern and Western Europe (supply time alongside the present route is greater than 6 weeks, it’s anticipated to be 3 weeks by way of North-South).
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