Friends of the Rail Forum

The Iranian government is pushing to boost infrastructure spending with a plan to launch 1,200 kilometers of new railway lines, according to the country’s transportation minister.

Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday that the new rail tracks will be finished before the current administrative government leaves offices in August 2021.

Eslami said Iran’s railway company is also expected to expand local rail line network in Iran by 200-400 kilometers over the next 18 months.

The minister made the comments while unveiling 56 new rolling stocks manufactured inside Iran. He said 2,000 new sets of carriages and locomotives will be delivered to the railway companies in Iran in the current calendar year ending March 2021...