Railway fleet

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  • Iran Railways 2025-10-05 14:22

    Over 280 domestically manufactured, rebuilt rail units added to national fleet

    TEHRAN – Iran inaugurated 17 rail infrastructure projects and added 283 domestically manufactured and rebuilt rolling stock units to its railway fleet in a ceremony held via video conference with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Transport Minister Farzaneh Sadegh.

  • Transport and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh 2025-10-05 14:22

    Private sector to invest $290m in Iran’s rail fleet modernization

    TEHRAN – Two Iranian companies have signed investment contracts worth 145 trillion rials (about $290 million) to modernize and build railway rolling stock, in a deal signed in the presence of Transport and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh and the head of Iran Railways, Jabbar-Ali Zakari.

  • rail 2025-04-20 15:38

    Iran signs $750m investment deals in rail transport sector

    TEHRAN – Iran on Sunday signed investment memoranda worth $750 million in the country’s rail transport sector, in the presence of the Minister of Transport and Urban Development, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI), private investors, and industry stakeholders.

  • wagon 2024-06-26 13:48

    Railway fleet receives 558 domestically-made wagons, locomotives

    TEHRAN- The Iranian railway fleet received 558 new domestically-made or renovated wagons and locomotives worth 36.27 trillion rials (about $72.54 million), in a ceremony on Wednesday.

  • salehi 2024-05-17 14:01

    RAI earmarks $500m for renovating railway fleet

    TEHRAN - The head of the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran (RAI) said a $500 million fund has been allocated for purchasing the equipment, repairing and modernizing the railway fleet of the country using oil bartering.

  • train 2024-04-20 15:03

    Home-made train to join Iranian subway fleet in 2 weeks

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi says the construction of a domestically-made train has made 85 percent development and the train is expected to join the subway fleet within the next couple of weeks.

  • RAI 2023-11-15 12:56

    Rail transportation brings Iran $1.3b in fuel savings in a year

    TEHRAN – The managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) has said using rail transportation has made the country $1.3 billion in fuel savings during the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20).

  • Miad Salehi 2023-09-30 14:53

    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.

  • Salehi 2023-09-29 14:25

    RAI head urges locomotive-owning companies to increase safety measures

    TEHRAN – The head of the Islamic republic of Iran Railways (RAI) has said that only locomotives with a reliability of above 80 percent are allowed to commute in the country’s major railway lines, the portal of the Transport and Urban Development Ministry reported.

  • railway 2023-08-05 13:59

    Railway fleet receives 346 domestically made wagons, locomotives

    TEHRAN- Iranian railway fleet received 346 new domestically-made wagons and locomotives worth 10.09 trillion rials (about $20.63 million) on Saturday, in a ceremony attended by Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) Miad Salehi.

  • Railway 2023/04/08

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Renovation, development of railway fleet being pursued seriously

    TEHRAN – Transportation is one of the factors of progress as well as the economic and social development of countries, which has a great role in increasing relations between countries, so it is one of the most important infrastructure industries in any country.

  • railway 2023-03-17 15:07

    Railway fleet receives 500 domestically made, renovated wagons, locomotives

    TEHRAN - Iranian railway fleet received 500 new domestically-made and renovated wagons and locomotives worth 21.7 trillion rials (about $47.1 million) in a ceremony attended by Transport and Urban Development Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash on Wednesday.