The first cargo carried on the Silk Road railway has entered Iran from the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, local officials said.
The cargo, including 45 freight wagons, crossed the Incha-Burun border with Turkmenistan into Iran, local officials in the Golestan province said.
It followed the signing of a document for cooperation between Iranian and Kazakh railway officials.
The cooperation between Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan and other countries for transit and rail transportation was also discussed and the unique railway tariff between the three countries will be announced soon. The new railway corridor entered into comercial service starting January 2015.
“ The existing infrastructures and potentials of the Iranian Railways and neighboring countries, Iran’s development plans and active transit corridors passing through Iran were discussed,” head of the Northeast Railway 2, Mohammad Reza Qorbani, said.
The parties also decided to work on developing the Incha-Burun – Bandar Abbas line as the new Silk Road railway route.
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