TEHRAN - An official from the Construction and Development Company has announced the construction of 3,000 kilometers of railway lines along Iran’s transit corridors.
Abbas Khatibi, Deputy for the Construction and Development of Railways, Ports, and Airports at the Construction and Development Company, has said that approximately 3,600 kilometers of rail lines are currently under construction and about 3,000 kilometers of this total are being built as part of the country’s transit corridors.
He added the projects such as Chabahar-Zahedan, Zahedan-Younesi, Dorud-Khorramabad-Andimeshk, Rasht-Astara, Kermanshah-Khosravi, and the Shiraz-Bushehr railway are active construction projects situated within these corridors.
He emphasized that the construction of these projects is part of the company’s mandate. They have been prioritized under the Sixth and Seventh Development Plans, with several designated as “driving force” (key strategic) projects currently under construction.
He added that the most significant project is the Chabahar-Zahedan railway—spanning approximately 635 kilometers—with the 480-kilometer Chabahar-Khash section set to be inaugurated and become operational by the end of the current year. The Deputy for Construction and Development of Railways, Ports, and Airports at the Construction and Development Company noted that the Kermanshah-Islamabad railway line—part of the East-West corridor—is another project currently being actively pursued. He added that this 115-kilometer route is under construction and is scheduled to become operational by the end of the year 1406.
Khatibi emphasized that work on this project is being carried out in accordance with the mandates of high-level policy documents.