Iran’s rail network expands with home-made rolling stocks
The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) has supplied hundreds of new home-made rolling stocks to the country’s rail network.
The railway vehicles were unveiled on Wednesday in ceremony attended by senior government officials in Tehran.
The IRIR said on its website that it had spent 36.270 trillion rials (more than $60 million) on the manufacturing and renovation of a total of 558 locomotives, coaches and wagons that were supplied to the rail network after the ceremony.
It said the rolling stocks included 516 new freight wagons, eight new passenger coaches and 12 new locomotives as well as 17 renovated coaches and five renovated locomotives.
The vehicles were completely manufactured by domestic companies and had been completed with the past six months ago, said the company.
It added that the new rolling stocks will significantly boost the capacity of the Iranian rail network for freight transport, including for shipments of minerals, grain and cargo containers.
Facing US sanctions that bar its access to foreign technology, Iran has relied on domestic resources to maintain and expand a rail system that has increased in length in recent years thanks to better government investment and also because of increased demand for freight transport inside and via the Iranian territory.
A key rail link was opened in northern Iran last week to enable direct freight transport from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf.
The rail link allows countries to the north of Iran, especially Russia, to transport shipments via the Iranian railways to countries in the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean region.
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