Rail transport is one of the most effective transport solutions to cover shipping needs with a relatively affordable budget for the movement of volume cargo.
With a great access to various types of Iranian and CIS wagons and rail way facilities there are different corridors from which we can move cargo through Iran rail way system to domestic destinations in Iran or to the CIS countries, Afghanistan and Turkey
Different railway corridors in this region are listed below:
1. Razi - Sarakhs - Razi Corridor: From Turkey via Razi, Tabriz, Zanjan, Tehran, Sharood, Fariman (Mashad), Sarakhs and CIS; length 2013 km, capacity 2 million tons per year.
2. Jolfa - Sarakhs - Jolfa Corridor: From Armenia via Jolfa, Tabriz, Zanjan, Tehran, Sharood, Fariman (Mashad), Sarakhs and CIS; length 1937 km, capacity 2 million tons per year. Sea-Rail Transit Corridors 1. Bandar Abbas - Sarakhs - Bandar Abbas Corridor:From Overseas via Bandar Abbas, Sirjan, Bafq, Yazd, Qom, Tehran, Sharood, Fariman (Mashad), Sarakhs and v.v.; length 2540 km, capacity 3 million tons per year. 2. Bandar Emam - Sarakhs - Bandar Emam Corridor: From overseas via Bandar Emam, Ahvaz, Tehran, Sharood, Fariman (Mashad), Sarakhs and CIS; length 1980 km, capacity 2 million tons per year.
3. Bandar Abbas - Northern Ports (Caspian sea: Bandar Turkmen, Amir Abad) - Bandar Abbas Corridor: via Bandar Abbas, Sirjan, Bafq, Yazd, Qom, Tehran, Garmsar, Qaemshahr, Amir Abad and/or Bandar Turkmen ports and v.v.; length 1878 and 1947 km, capacity 1 million tons per year.
4. Bandar Emam - Northern Ports (Caspian sea: Bandar Turkmen, Amir Abad) - Bandar Emam Corridor: via Bandar Emam, Ahvaz, Tehran, Garmsar, Qaemshahr, Amir Abad and/or Bandar Turkmen ports and v.v.; length 1319 and 1388 km, capacity 1 million tons per year.
Sea-Rail-Road Transit Corridors :
1. Bandar Abbas - LotfAbad - Bandar Abbas Corridor: via Bandar Abbas, Bafq, Tehran, Mashad, LotfAbad and v.v.; length 2665 km, capacity 3 million tons per year.
2. Bandar Emam - LotfAbad - Bandar Emam Corridor: via Bandar Emam, Ahvaz, Tehran, Mashad, LotfAbad and v.v.; length 2103 km, capacity 2 million tons per year.
3. Northern Ports (Caspian sea: Bandar Turkmen, Amir Abad)- Kerman -Zahedan (Mirjaveh) Corridor: via Amir Abad and/or Bandar Turkmen ports, Tehran, Yazd, Kerman, Zahedan, Mirjaveh and v.v.; length 2088 and 2157 km, capacity 2 million tons per year .