TEHRAN – Some 1480 railway projects worth 80 trillion rials (about $1.727 billion) will go on stream in the upcoming Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2018- March 21, 2019), IRNA reported on Tuesday quoting a railway official.

According to Maziar Yazdani, Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI)’s deputy for technical and infrastructure affairs, despite financial constraints, railway projects have always been among the government’s priorities.

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