Official: Khaf-Herat Railway Soon to Become Operational

2020-November-17  

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Transportation Minister Kheirollah Khademi said that the Khaf-Herat railway will become operational by December 20.

Khademi said that the opening of the Khaf-Herat railway was postponed to the next Iranian month at the request of Afghanistan, stressing that the inauguration of the project which had been slated for November 19.

In relevant remarks in early November, Abbas Khatibi, an official with Iran's transportation ministry, said that the new railway links the eastern Iranian city of Khaf to Rowzanak, a small town near the Afghan city of Herat.

“The government has ... prioritized the expansion of transit corridors and links to the neighbors,” he said.

Afghanistan has no active railway system beyond Herat. The country is reportedly using Italian contractors to build the remaining link between Rowzanak and Herat.

The entire Khaf-Herat railway is 218 kilometers and it will be capable of transferring 1.7 million metric tons of cargoes per year.

Source: https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/13990827000678/Official-Khaf-Hera-Railway-Sn-Becme-Operainal