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==(Nakhichevan -) Julfa/Culfa ADDY - Jolfa IRIR (- Tabriz)== | ==(Nakhichevan -) Julfa/Culfa ADDY - Jolfa IRIR (- Tabriz)== | ||
[D] This crossing links only to the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan | [D] This crossing links only to the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan. One daily freight train runs between Iran and the northern border of the enclave. | ||
==(Osmanli -) Astara ADDY - Astara IRIR (- Rasht - Qazvin)== | ==(Osmanli -) Astara ADDY - Astara IRIR (- Rasht - Qazvin)== | ||
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(Nakhichevan -) Julfa/Culfa ADDY - Jolfa IRIR (- Tabriz)
[D] This crossing links only to the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan. One daily freight train runs between Iran and the northern border of the enclave.
(Osmanli -) Astara ADDY - Astara IRIR (- Rasht - Qazvin)
Astara ADDY is the terminus of a 1520 mm gauge branch from Osmanli. Russian Railways is to build the Iranian section of the 167 km route between Astara and Rasht, with ADDY being responsible for the section within Azerbaijan. This will be 1435 mm gauge, as in the rest of Iran. Astara ADDY is likely to be equipped with both bogie changing facilities and an SUW 2000 gauge changer.
The 165 km line linking Rasht to the existing Iranian network at Qazvin was supposed to have opened by the end of 2014 but this is now expected in 2017. Construction of the Rasht - Astara line will begin in 2016 and finish in 2019. A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the bridge over the river Astarachay, which forms the border, was held in April 2016.
