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Construction of the Qazvin– Qom straightening railway section
railway
Cities
Qom
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Qazvin
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Distance
262km
new
262km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km
Cost
$0.5b
$500,000,000
Phases
planned,
Objective
Increased throughput capacity of Iranian rail‑ ways, reduced INSTC car‑ go delivery times in Iran
Description
Construction of a new railway section will create spare throughput capacity to support additional railway freight traffic along the INSTC
Finance
Operators
Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
Company
Sources
eabr.org
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