Tehran, November 11 (MRUD NEWS)—Zahedan-Khash Railway as a part of the largest infrastructural project in the east of Iran namely Chabahar-Zahedan-Sarakhs Railroad is inaugurated on Thursday during a formal ceremony attended by related officials including first vice president of Iran, Mohammad Mokhber.

Zahedan-Khash Railroad project is 155 km with 1 tunnel, 12 large bridges, 21 level crossings, and 7 stations.

‘It is expected that a significant part of the cargo and passenger transport on the Zahedan-Kash route will be transferred to the rail sector, so that while developing freight transit, we will witness a reduction in road accidents in this route’, the Deputy Minister and CEO of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company, Kheirollah Khademi, added.

Khademi pointed out that Chabahar has a national and international role in the development of Sistan and Baluchistan Province and the connection of this region to the high seas provides a basis for development of different industries. He continued: ‘considering that Chabahar would be a hub of trade and transit of the region, completing and launching the Chabahar-Zahedan Railroad will significantly expand commercial transactions and promote development of the southeastern provinces of Iran’.

Chabahar-Zahedan Railroad in Iran (about 630 km) is very strategic along the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) as it provides rail connectivity to the ocean port of Chabahar.

According to the schedule, with allocation of 7,000 billion tomans credit, Chabahar-Zahedan Railroad will be finished within 2 years, according to the Governor of Sistan and Baluchistan Province.

The construction of Chabahar-Zahedan Railroad project started in 2013 in eight parts and with a physical progress of 62%, it is currently under completion. The Zahedan-Khash section which is currently inaugurated comprised the seventh and eighth parts.