Saeed Rasouli

2021-07-03 16:21

RAI takes new steps for domestic railway signaling

TEHRAN - The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local entities namely Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) and Farab Industrial Group for equipping a railway line near capital Tehran with signaling systems.

2021-07-03 15:21

Railway fleet receives 169 domestically-made, renovated wagons, locomotives

TEHRAN- Iranian railway fleet received 169 new domestically-made or renovated locomotives and wagons worth 3.52 trillion rials (about $83.8 million) on Saturday in a ceremony attended by senior transport officials, IRIB reported.

2021-02-07 14:46

Railway projects worth over $344m inaugurated across Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami inaugurated 105 railway projects worth 14.45 trillion rials (over $344 million) in various provinces through videoconference on Sunday.

2020-12-22 12:08

Rail projects worth nearly $66m put into operation

TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami inaugurated 89 rail industry projects worth 2.77 trillion rials (about $65.9 million) on Monday on the occasion of the Transport Week, IRNA reported.

2020-12-08 15:37

Iran completely self-sufficient in building freight wagons

TEHRAN – Iranian railway industry has become completely self-reliant in manufacturing freight wagons, Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) Saeed Rasouli said.

2020-11-10 15:58

Iran’s 1st indigenized freight wagon brake system unveiled

TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami on Tuesday unveiled the country’s first fully-indigenized brake system for freight wagons, ILNA reported.

2020-10-11 13:34

Iran eyes promoting its transit status by developing rail infrastructure

TEHRAN - Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) Saeed Rasouli said by completing rail infrastructures like Khaf-Herat railway, Iran would be able to access transit markets with over 35 million tons of annual capacity, IRIB reported.

2020-10-06 13:32

Expansion of co-op between RAI, ports atop agenda

TEHRAN – In a meeting with the members of the Iranian Private Ports Association, Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) Saeed Rasouli has stressed the expansion of cooperation between his organization and the country’s ports, IRIB reported on Monday.

2020-08-17 14:08

Iran to become a major transit route for India, Russia

TEHRAN – Iran has reached agreements with Russia and India for transiting the mentioned countries’ commodities through its rail network, ILNA reported quoting the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) as saying.

2020-06-30 15:46

New domestically-made wagons, locomotives join railway fleet

TEHRAN- Iranian railway fleet received 65 new domestically-made locomotives and wagons in a ceremony on Tuesday, the third group of additions this year.

2020-06-08 15:06

Govt. to pay $223m for supporting passenger rail transport companies

TEHRAN - Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) says 9.4 trillion rials (about $223.8 million) has been allocated for compensating the damages caused by the coronavirus outbreak for passenger rail transport companies.

2019-12-16 13:30

Capacity of Iran’s rail freight transport to rise 5m tons

TEHRAN – Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) says the country’s rail freight transportation capacity is going to increase by five million tons in near future, IRIB reported.

2019-11-30 16:47

Rail industry development plan to be drafted within a month

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Industry, Mining and Trade Minister for Industry Affairs Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki said the draft for the country’s rail industry development plan will be prepared within in a month, ILNA reported.

2019-08-07 18:45

Domestic manufacturers to supply RAI with rails, wagons

TEHRAN - Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said domestic manufacturers are set to supply over 1000 locomotives and wagons and also 40,000 tons of rails to RAI by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2021), IRIB reported.

2019-07-14 15:53

Boosting railway network efficiency on agenda: RAI head

TEHRAN- Boosting efficiency of national railway network is a top agenda of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI)’s activities in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 21), RAI Head Saeed Rasouli stated.

2019-07-07 21:02

‘RAI determined to develop transport of goods from ports via railway’

TEHRAN- The head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said development of railways for transport of cargos from ports is a top agenda of RAI’s activities.

2019-07-01 22:35

‘59km of railroads to connect major cargo hubs to railway network by Mar. 2020’

TEHRAN- The head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said that 59 kilometers of railroads are planned to be built for connecting the major cargo hubs in the country to the national railway network by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020). Saeed Rasouli mentioned linking the cargo hubs to the railway network as one of the main priorities of RAI in the current year, Mehr news agency reported.

2019-06-29 19:46

‘Comprehensive system of domestically-made products to be launched in near future’

TEHRAN- Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister will launch a comprehensive system for registration of domestically-made products in near future, deputy minister of industry, mining and trade announced.

2019-06-01 23:01

‘Over $476m allocated to renovating 1000 wagons, locomotives in a year’

TEHRAN- The head of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) announced that 20 trillion rials (about $476.1 million) has been allocated to renovation of 1000 passenger and freight wagons and also locomotives through benefitting from domestic capabilities in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 21), IRIB reported on Saturday.

2019-03-13 21:29

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