Jabar-Ali Zakeri appointed as new RAI head

TEHRAN – The government’s cabinet has approved Jabar-Ali Zakeri as the new head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI), Tasnim News Agency reported.

Shalamcheh-Basra railway project progressing at a good pace: RAI head

TEHRAN - Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) Miad Salehi said the Shalamcheh-Basra Railway project which is one the major railway projects of Iran is progressing at a significant speed, Mehr News Agency reported.

By Mahnaz Abdi

300km new railway to be inaugurated by next March

TEHRAN- The managing director of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said that 300 kilometers of new railways will be inaugurated in the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2025).

Domestic fleet of rail transport to develop rapidly in coming month

TEHRAN- The managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said that with the diversification of financing and support for domestic production in the coming months, the domestic fleet of rail transport will develop by leaps and bounds.

Iran preparing infrastructure to boost rail transit with China

TEHRAN - The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) has said that the basis for the jump in the rail transport of goods originating and destined for China through Iran is being prepared and soon the rail transit with the Asian country through Iran’s Sarakhs border will increase significantly.

Origins of rail transit via Iran diversified

TEHRAN- The origins of transporting transit goods through the railway network of the country have been diversified in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21, 2022), the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) announced.

Transport index increases by 4.6% in railway sector

TEHRAN- The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said the transport index (TI), which refers to the total number of person-kilometers and ton-kilometers, and is a kind of indicator of the total performance of the country's railways, has grown by 4.6 percent in the country in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Decemebr 21, 2022), as compared to the same period of the previous year.

Zahedan-Khash railroad inaugurated

TEHRAN –The Zahedan-Khash Railroad was officially inaugurated on Thursday in a ceremony attended by senior officials including First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) Miad Salehi, and the governor-general of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the portal of Transport and Urban Development Ministry reported.