Atlas Corridor
Component

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

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Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
Company

Sources