The 8.5-km long section of railway between Iran and Azerbaijan will be built before late 2016 as part of the North-South Corridor project, Azerbaijan Railways Head Javid Gurbanov announced. He further said that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a corresponding decree in 2015. According to the technical and economic specifications, the capacity of the new line Rasht (Iran) – Astara (Azerbaijan) could reach 9 million tonnes in 2017 and more than 19 million tonnes by 2030.
“A tender to select a company that will build this section will be announced soon,” Gurbanov said. “A lacking 7.5-km section of the railway on Azerbaijan’s territory running to the [country’s] border with Iran and a railway bridge on the border, which make a total of 8.5 km, will be built by late 2016. There is a decree of the head of state, and sources for funding have been identified.”
“We plan to carry out multimodal transportations involving road and rail transport, which will become possible in the near future,” he added. The North-South Corridor, starting in India and stretching to Finland, is one of the most important routes for Azerbaijan.
The route is quite long – about 5,000 km, and will run through the territory of Azerbaijan.
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