BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 12. Iran and Turkmenistan have reached an agreement on the construction of two new railway lines to reduce the accumulated cargo at the Sarakhs railway terminal, the Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran and the Executive Director of the Iranian Railways Company Jabbar Ali Zakeri told local media, Trend reports.
According to him, the agreement on this was reached with the Turkmen side during a meeting held in Turkmenistan on the sidelines of the 3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.
Collaborative sessions will be convened between railway
specialists from the two nations to address this matter.
Zakeri articulated that one of the rail corridors interlinking the
railway terminals in Iran and Turkmenistan will be a standard gauge
railway, while the other will be a broader gauge railway
system.
The deputy minister emphasized that augmenting the railway
infrastructure is pivotal for enhancing the trade dynamics via rail
corridors between Iran and Turkmenistan.
Zakeri indicated that discussions were conducted with the Turkmen
counterpart regarding the expedited transit of complete rolling
stock at the Sarakhs rail terminal, culminating in a consensus that
the Turkmenistan Railway Company would augment the rail logistics
between the two nations by incorporating an additional 200-300
Uzbek wagons into the operational fleet. Consequently, the
potential for augmenting freight logistics via rail infrastructure
is poised for further enhancement.
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